Structuring Events

A Study in the Semantics of Lexical Aspect
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4051-0668-9
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 424 g

Structuring Events presents a novel semantic theory of lexical aspect for anyone interested in the study of verb meanings.
- Provides an introduction to aspectual classes and aspectual distinctions.
- Utilizes case studies to present a novel semantic theory of lexical aspect and compare it with alternative theories.
- Useful for students and scholars in semantics and syntax as well as the neighboring fields of pragmatics and philosophy of language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rothstein, Susan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

1. Verb Classes and Aspectual Classification 1

2. Progressive Achievements 36

3. Resultative Predication 59

4. The Structure of Accomplishments 91

5. The Interpretation of Derived Accomplishments 123

6. Quantization, Telicity and Change 148

7. Telicity and Atomicity 157

8. Event Structure and Aspectual Classification 183

References 198

Index 202

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Rothstein is Professor of Linguistics at Bar-Ilan University. She has published widely on such issues as syntax, semantics, and the syntax–semantics interface. She is author of Predicates and Their Subjects (2000), and editor of Events and Grammar (1998) and Perspectives on Phrase Structure: Heads and Licensing (1991).