| Description |
xx, 309 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 10 |
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Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 10.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-302) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Aspect and the syntax of argument structure / Ken Hale and Samuel Jay Keyser -- How do verbs get their names? Demonimal verbs, manner incorporation, and the ontology of verb roots in English / Heidi Harley -- Path predicates / Nomi Erteschik-Shir and Tova Rapoport -- Tense, person, and transitivity / Jacqueline Gueron -- Complex aspectual structure in Hindi/Urdu / Miriam Butt and Gillian Ramchand -- The aspect of agency / Edit Doron -- Agents and causes in Malagasy and Tagalog / Lisa Travis -- Event structure and morphosyntax in Navajo / Carlota S. Smith -- Constructions, lexical semantics, and the correspondence principle : accounting for generalizations and subregularities in the realization of arguments / Adele E. Goldberg -- Unspecified arguments in episodic and habitual sentences / Anita Mittwoch -- Resultatives under the event argument homomorphism model of telicity / Stephen Wechsler -- Change of state verbs : implications for theories of argument projection / Malka Rappaport Hovav and Beth Levin. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Lexicology.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Erteschik-Shir, Nomi.
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Rapoport, Tova R.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0199280444 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0199280436 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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