Unaccusativity at the syntax-lexical semantics interface pdf

Full text views reflects the number of pdf downloads. Compre o livro unaccusativity at the syntaxlexical semantics interface na. Language has often been characterized as a systematic correlation between certain types of. This introduction presents the main paradigms considered in the papers of this volume. Polish psychological verbs at the lexicon syntax interface in crosslinguistic perspective. At the syntaxlexical semantics interface linguistic inquiry monographs 9780262620949 by levin, beth and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Unergativeunaccusative distinction a case study of. The referential properties of the implicit arguments of impersonal passive constructions. Levin, beth and malka rappaport hovav, unaccusativity. Beth levin,malka rappaport hovav,samuel jay keyser. Citeseerx scientific documents that cite the following paper. Read how verbs and nonverbal categories navigate the syntaxsemantics interface. At the syntaxlexical semantics interface beth levin, malka rappaport hovav this text presents an extended investigation into a set of linguistic phenomena that have received much attention over the last 15 years. Unaccusativity, at the syntaxlexical semantics interface.

Demonstration of antecedent reactivation with the crossmodal priming paradigm. Keywords bilingual competence, lexicalsemantics, processing, spanish, syntax. At the syntax lexical semantics interface linguistic inquiry monographs 9780262620949 by levin, beth and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. In chapters 3 and 4, the authors look closely at the lexicalsemanticssyntax interface as it pertains to unaccusativity to provide evidence for semantic factors that determine the unaccusativity.

A case study of sason arabic faruk akkus yale university in the literature, cognate objects co, namely the objects which an intransitive verb can take, have been used as a diagnostics to differentiate between unergative and unaccusative verbs. Reviewed by edwin williams, princeton university the most ambitious goal of work of this kind would be a linguistic theory in which different verb argument deployments would be fully predictable from. At the syntax lexical semantics interface beth levin, malka rappaport hovav this text presents an extended investigation into a set of linguistic phenomena that have received much attention over the last 15 years. Scalarity and unaccusativity at the lexiconsyntax interface thesis submitted for the degree doctor of philosophy by joseph potashnik submitted to the senate of tel aviv university 31 october 2014. Paducheva decompositional semantics free download as powerpoint presentation. Lexical semantics 4 free download as powerpoint presentation. Her research focuses on the lexical semantic representation of argumenttaking predicates, and its interfacewith conceptual structure and morphosyntax. Unaccusativity, at the syntax lexical semantics interface. In chapters 3 and 4, the authors look closely at the lexical semantics syntax interface as it pertains to unaccusativity to provide evidence for semantic factors that determine the unaccusativity. Scalarity and unaccusativity at the lexiconsyntax interface. Hyogo university of teacher education unaccusativity. Cg 112 spring, 2006 outline and readings 5 zaenen, annie, unaccusativity in dutch.

Unaccusativity is an extended investigation into a set of linguistic. Grammar, comparative and general transitivity, semantics. Variation from monolingual speakers was noticeable with the semantic classification of some verbs along the unaccusativity continuum sorace, 2000 as revealed in the spanish tasks. Scalarity and unaccusativity at the lexiconsyntax interface thesis submitted for the degree doctor of philosophy by joseph potashnik. At the syntax lexical semantics interface linguistic inquiry monographs by beth levin, malka rappaport hovav and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. At the syntax lexical semantics interface, linguistic inquiry monograph 26, mit press, cambridge, ma. Syntax, lexical categories, and morphology 1 chapter 1 syntax, lexical categories, and morphology 1.

Insights from cognitive neuropsychology, cognition on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands. This book offers a comprehensive account of the history, structure, meaning and use of the psc. Verb taxonomy and decompositional semantics of lexicon. At the syntaxlexical semantics interface mit press, 1995 and argument realization cambridge university press, 2005. I would like to say a special thank you to my colleagues, aya meltzerasscher. At the syntaxlexical semantics interface linguistic inquiry monographs beth levin on.

This study examines the semantic as well as the syntactic analysis of these verbs of change of state in zulu. At the syntaxlexical semantics interface linguistic inquiry monographs by beth levin, malka rappaport hovav and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Pdf theories of lexical semantics download full pdf. An unaccusativity diagnostic at the syntaxsemantics interface. Coreference processing and levels of analysis in objectrelative constructions. She is the coauthor with beth levin of unaccusativity. At the syntaxlexical semantics interface beth levin and malka rappaport hovav 1994 besides providing extensive support for david perlmutters hypothesis that unaccusativity is syntactically represented but semantically determined, this monograph contributes significantly to the development of a theory of lexical semantic representation and to. Levin, beth and rappaport hovav, malka, unaccusativity. The subject of this study is break and bend verbs in isizulu, which can be classified as verbs of change of state. Semantically bend verbs are divided into verbs denoting the bending of body parts, e. At the syntax lexical semantics interface beth levin and malka rappaport hovav 1994 besides providing extensive support for david perlmutters hypothesis that unaccusativity is syntactically represented but semantically determined, this monograph contributes significantly to the development of a theory of lexical semantic representation and to. In chapter 4, a set of linking rules is presented that classify the various semantic classes, examined by the authors, into unaccusative and unergative. He was adamant, though, that ergativity as he defined it and unaccusativity as they did had. Do sentences with unaccusative verbs involve syntactic.

Unaccusativity is an extended investigation into a. As a distinctive syntactic structure in mandarin chinese, the patientsubject construction psc is one of the most interesting but least wellunderstood structures in the language. Besides providing extensive support for david perlmutters hypothesis that unaccusativity is syntactically represented but semantically determined, this monograph contributes significantly to the development of a theory of lexical. More on events, word meaning, and argument structure april 27. Unaccusativity at the syntaxlexical semantics interface. At the syntaxlexical semantics interface, linguistic. Unaccusativity is an extended investigation into a set of linguistic phenomena that have received much attention over the last fifteen years. An introduction to the lexical semantics of predicative forms. At the syntaxlexical semantics interface linguistic. The relation between the meaning and the syntax of lexical items is among the more frustrating issues in linguistics. The accusativegoal verbs mark their objects with accusative case o or the goal marker ni, and the accusativesource verbs mark their objects with accusative o or the source marker kara. At the syntax lexical semantics interface, mit press, 1995. Split intransitivity and the syntaxsemantics interface in turkish. At the syntaxlexical semantics interface linguistic inquiry monographs beth levin, malka rappaport hovav on.

Besides providing extensive support for david perlmutters hypothesis that unaccusativity is syntactically represented but semantically determined, this monograph contributes significantly to the development of a theory of lexical semantic representation and to the elucidation of the mapping from lexical semantics to syntax. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Besides providing extensive support for david perlmutters hypothesis that unaccusativity is syntactically represented but semantically determined, this. He has published the semantics of locative prepositional phrases in english 1995, nary quantifiers and the. A semantics for unaccusatives and its syntactic consequences. Concentrating on the lexical semantics of a verb and the syntactic. Unaccusative verbs in dutch and the syntaxsemantics interface. Japanese has two types of twoplace motion verbs whose objects can be marked as either accusative or oblique accusativeoblique alternations. Pdf theories of lexical semantics download full pdf book. Paducheva decompositional semantics semantics verb. At the syntaxlexical semantics interface, linguistic inquiry monograph 26, mit press, cambridge, ma. This page intentionally left blank exploring the syntaxsemantics interface language is a system of communication in.