Scalar Verb Classes Scalarity, Thematic Roles, and Arguments in the Estonian Aspectual Lexicon
This monograph discusses scalar verb classes. It tests theories of linguistic form and meaning, arguments and thematic roles, using Estonian data. The analyses help to understand the aspectual structure of Estonian. In Estonian, transitive verbs fall into aspectual classes based on the type of case-...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Firenze
Firenze University Press
2012
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| Series: | Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | This monograph discusses scalar verb classes. It tests theories of linguistic form and meaning, arguments and thematic roles, using Estonian data. The analyses help to understand the aspectual structure of Estonian. In Estonian, transitive verbs fall into aspectual classes based on the type of case-marking of objects and adjuncts. The book relates the morphosyntactic frames of verbs to properties typically associated with adjectives and nouns: scalarity and boundedness. Verbs are divided according to how their aspect is composed. Some verbs lexicalize a scale, which can be bounded either lexically or compositionally. Aspectual composition involves the unification of features. Compositionally derived structures differ according to which of the aspectually relevant dimensions are bounded. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (249 p.) |
| ISBN: | 978-88-6655-055-6 9788866550556 9788892736269 |
| Access: | Open Access |