Event Structure and the Left Periphery

. Ed(s): Kiss, Katalin E.

ISBN 10: 1402047533 / ISBN 13: 9781402047534

Published by Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2006

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Analyzes the syntactic and semantic consequences of event structure. This text contains the studies which test the hypothesis that event structure correlates with a number of things, including word order, the presence or absence of the verbal particle, and the [+/- specific] feature of the internal argument. Editor(s): Kiss, Katalin E. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2FCM; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620. . 2006. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Event Structure and the Left Periphery
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402047533
• ISBN 13: 9781402047534
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book provides substantial new results in a novel field of research examining the syntactic and semantic consequences of event structure. The studies of this volume examine the hypothesis that event structure correlates with word order, the presence or absence of the verbal particle, the [+/- specific] feature of the internal argument, aspect, focusing, negation, and negative quantification, among others. The results reported concern the telicising vs. perfectivizing role of the verbal particle; the syntactic and semantic differences of verbs denoting a delimited change, and those denoting creation or coming into being; evidence of viewpoint aspect in a language with no morphological viewpoint marking; the aspectual role of non-thematic objects; the source of the ‘exhaustive identification’ function of structural focus; the interaction of negation and aspect etc.