Event arguments : foundations and applications / edited by Claudia Maienborn and Angelika Wollstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maienborn, Claudia.

Wollstein-Leisten, Angelika.

Series:

Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ; 501.

Linguistische Arbeiten, 0344-6727 ; 501

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb--Congresses.

Semantics--Congresses.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tbingen : Max Niemeyer, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since entering the stage, Davidsonian event arguments have taken on a central role in linguistic theorizing. Recent years have seen a continuous extension of possible applications for them, not only in semantics but also in syntax. At the same time questions concerning the ontological status of events have received renewed attention. This collection of articles provides new evidence for the virtually ubiquitous presence of event arguments in linguistic structure and sheds new light on their nature. The volume is organized into four sections: Events - states - causation; Event nominals; Events in composition; Measuring events.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction / Maienborn, Claudia / Wöllstein, Angelika

Section I: Events - states - causation

The event structure of CAUSE and BECOME / Bierwisch, Manfred

Stativity, supervenience, and sentential subjects / Engelberg, Stefan

Do states have Davidsonian arguments? Some empirical considerations / Mittwoch, Anita

Ser and estar: The syntax of stage level and individual level predicates in Spanish / Gonzàlez-Vilbazo, Kay-Eduardo / Remberger, Eva-Maria

Sentence connection as quantificational structure / Lohnstein, Horst

Section II: Event nominals

Gerund types, the present participle and patterns of derivation / Alexiadou, Artemis

Referential arguments of nouns and verbs / Kaufmann, Ingrid

Section III: Events in composition

Building resultatives / Kratzer, Angelika

Reconciling "possessor" datives and "beneficiary" datives - Towards a unified voice account of dative binding in German / Hole, Daniel

Event arguments and modal verbs / Abraham, Werner

Section IV: Measuring events

Types of degrees and types of event structures / Caudal, Patrick / Nicolas, David

Too poor to mention: Subminimal events and negative polarity items / Eckardt, Regine

Semantic properties of split topicalization in German / Nakanishi, Kimiko

Author index

Subject index

Notes:

"The present volume grew out of a workshop ... that the editors organized in February 26-28, 2003 in Munich".

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110913798

3110913798

OCLC:

979589504