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The syntactic nature of inner aspect : a minimalist perspective /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Linguistik aktuell ;
vol. 133. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Notas: | 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. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027289865 9027289867 1282104578 9781282104570 |
| ISSN: | 0166-0829 ; |