The structure of stative verbs / Antonia Rothmayr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rothmayr, Antonia.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 143

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Stative verb.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the nature of stative verbs, their eventuality structure, and the patterns of argument realization. The study shows that there is no single class of stative verbs. Rather, several distinct groups of verbs are found: Verbs that undergo a systematic stative/eventive ambiguity; verbs that allow for a stative reading only; and verbs that seem to have an intermediate status (verbs of position and verbs of internal causation). The study concludes that there is a discrete boundary between stative and eventive verbs, excluding any intermediate status. Stativity arises because the aspectual operators DO and BECOME are absent in the lexical-semantic structure. Eventivity arises if one of these is present. A minimalist view on argument realization and event structure completes the book: Theta features on the arguments are checked against the aspectual heads within the verb phrase.

Contents:

Introduction

Theoretical considerations

Stative/eventive ambiguities

Non-ambiguous statives

Verbs of position

Verbs of internal causation

Event structure and theta features

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612245343

9781282245341

1282245341

9789027289469

9027289468

OCLC:

712985324