Del 52 i serien Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy

Aspectual Roles and the Syntax-Semantics Interface

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

AvCarol Tenny

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This book presents a theory of the interface between lexical semantics and syntax, in which aspect plays a central role. The aspectual properties that figure in the linking between syntax and semantics are expressed through "aspectual roles", assigned by a verb to its arguments. A number of lexical semantic phenomena can be expressed as operations over aspectual roles, and syntactic phenomena can be classified according to whether or not they are sensitive to the presence of aspectual roles. The theory is independent of any particular model of syntax (such as GB or LFG). This theory proposes a modular relationship between aspectual role information, and conceptual or thematic representations of lexical semantic information. Language-specific generalizations about linking are argued to be expressed in thematic or conceptual representations, while universal linking generalizations are expressed in aspectual representations. Consequently, this theory has implications for language acquisition.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1994-05-31
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt401 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Antal sidor246
FörlagKluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN9780792329077

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One: Linking Syntactic Argument Positions and Aspectual Roles.- 1.1. Introduction and Theoretical Background.- 1.2. Direct Internal Arguments.- 1.3. Indirect Internal Arguments.- 1.4. External Arguments. The Non-Measuring Constraint on External Arguments.- 1.5. Aspectual Roles.- 1.6. The Aspectual Interface Hypothesis.- Notes.- Two: Event Structure and Aspectual Roles.- 2.1. The Event Nucleus.- 2.2. Syntactic Processes Sensitive to the Event Nucleus.- 2.3. The Special Status of Arguments in Aspectual Structure.- Notes.- Three: Lexical Conceptual Structures and Aspectual Roles.- 3.1. Lexical Conceptual Structure.- 3.2. The Relation Between Lexical Conceptual Structures And Aspectual Roles.- 3.3. Some Phenomena Illustrating the Modularity of Lexical Conceptual Structures and Aspectual Roles.- Notes.- References.- Name Index.- Language Index.