Event Structure and the Left Periphery Studies on Hungarian

Name: Event Structure and the Left Periphery Studies on Hungarian
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ISBN: 9781402047534

ISBN-10: 1402047533

ISBN-13: 9781402047534

Edition: 2008

Authors: Katalin E. Kiss, Katalin E. Kiss

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This book provides substantial new results in a novel field of research examining the syntactic and semantic consequences of event structure. The studies of this volume examine the hypothesis that event structure correlates with word order, the presence or absence of the verbal particle, the [+/- specific] feature of the internal argument, aspect, focusing, negation, and negative quantification, among others. The results reported concern the telicising vs. perfectivizing role of the verbal particle; the syntactic and semantic differences of verbs denoting a delimited change, and those denoting creation or coming into being; evidence of viewpoint aspect in a language with no morphological…

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List price: $169.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 8/11/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.32" tall
Weight: 3.014
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Aims and Background



The Function and the Syntax of the Verbal Particle



Verbal Particles Telicizing Stative Psych Verbs



Definiteness Effect Verbs



Weak and Strong Accomplishments



Particles and a Two Component Theory of Aspect



From the Grammaticalization of Viewpoint Aspect to the Grammaticalization of Situation Aspect



Accusative Case and Aspect



Apparent or Real? On the Complementary Distribution of Identificational Focus and the Verbal Particle



Aspect, Negation and Quantifiers



Predicates, Negative Quantifiers and Focus: Specificity and Quantificationality of N-Words



References


Index