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Auteur(s) : Croft, William (1956-....)
Titre(s) : Verbs [Texte imprimé] : aspect and causal structure / William Croft
Publication : Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012
Description matérielle : xvii, 448 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Collection : Oxford linguistics
Lien à la collection : Oxford linguistics
Comprend : Introduction ; The aspectual structure of events ; Change, boundedness, and construal
; The interaction of grammatical and lexical semantics : quantitative and qualitative
analyses ; Toward a force-dynamic theory of argument realization ; Causal structure
in verbal semantics and argument realization ; The interaction of aspect and causal
structure in verb meaning ; Complex predicate constructions and the semantics of simple
verbs ; Verb meaning and argument structure constructions ; Envoi.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [408]-428) and indexes
"This book presents a model of event structure for the analysis of aspectual constructions
and argument structure constructions in English and other languages. Representing
the culmination of two decades of the author's research and thought, it explores the
contribution of semantics to the argument-structure and tense-aspect constructions
in which verbs occur, integrating the aspectual and causal structures of events. The
argument is framed in relation to current and previous scholarship and takes full
account of diachronic and usage-based research. Professor Croft's analysis encompasses
the full range of English verb classes and is enriched throughout by a strong typological
dimension: the syntax and semantics of verbs are always seen from a crosslinguistic
perspective. This allows the author to demonstrate the generality of his theory and
to show how it breaks new ground in predicting and explaining linguistic facts. The
subject of the book is at the heart of current work in syntax and semantics and the
interface between them. It will interest semanticists, syntacticians and cognitive
and functional-typological linguists. The transparency of the author's style and his
avoidance of theory-dependent constructs will extend its appeal to linguists of all
theoretical stripes."--Publisher's website
Sujet(s) : Verbes
Aspect (linguistique)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199248582 (acid-free paper). - ISBN 0199248583 (acid-free paper). - ISBN
9780199248599 (pbk.) (acid-free paper). - ISBN 0199248591 (pbk.) (acid-free paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43634797n
Notice n° :
FRBNF43634797
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