The syntactic nature of inner aspect a minimalist perspective
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| Sprache: | English |
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Amsterdam
John Benjamins Pub. Co.
©2008
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| Schriftenreihe: | Linguistik aktuell
vol. 133 |
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| Beschreibung: | Substantial reorganization and expansion of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Stony Brook University, 2006 Ph. D.) presented under the title: The syntax of inner aspect Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index The Syntactic Nature of Inner Aspect; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; List of abbreviations; chapter 1. An introduction to the syntax of inner aspect; chapter 2. The syntax of eventives 1; chapter 3. The syntax of eventives 2; chapter 4. A lexical derivation of achievements; Chapter 5. Minimalist variation in inner aspect; chapter 6. The autonomy of inner aspect; chapter 7. A consideration of other aspectual facts; chapter 8. The syntactic nature of inner aspect and some speculative remarks; References; Index This book explores the syntactic nature of inner aspect from a minimalist perspective. It begins with the new observation that there are two independent properties at play in English inner aspect: the object-to-event mapping and event structure. From a discussion of English statives and Russian, it is concluded that the former property is variant and the latter universal; a minimalist conception of language variation arises naturally in this context. Additionally, an exploration of a lexical derivational approach to achievements leads to the expectation that there are no accomplishments in the |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 241 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9027255164 9027289867 9789027255167 9789027289865 |