On the compositional nature of states / E. Matthew Husband.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Husband, E. Matthew.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 188.

Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 188

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb phrase.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Agreement.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph pursues a structural analogy between the availability of an existential interpretation in states and the telicity of events. Focusing on evidence from both verbal and adjectival predicates, it argues that quantization forms the basis of a unified theory of aktionsart and provides a theory in which the availability of an existential interpretation in states is, like the telicity of events, determined compositionally by the predicate and the quantization of its internal argument. Quantization is further argued to reflect the internal temporal constitution of the stages

Contents:

On the Compositional Nature of States; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; List of tables; List of figures; Introduction; 1.1 The state of aktionsart; 1.2 Stage-level and individual-level predicates; 1.2.1 Stativity; 1.2.2 Existential interpretation; 1.2.2.1 There-constructions; 1.2.2.2 Existential interpretation of subjects; 1.2.2.3 A note on the aspectual nature of existential interpretation; 1.2.3 Restriction on locative and temporal modification; 1.2.4 Lifetime effects; 1.3 Two observations for stage-level/individual-level predicates

1.3.1 Internal arguments 1.3.2 Scalar predicates; 1.4 Previous theories of stage-level/individual-level predicates; 1.4.1 Distinctions in the domain of individuals; 1.4.2 Distinctions in argument structure; 1.4.2.1 Argument structure; 1.4.2.2 Two types of INFL; 1.4.3 Aspectual approaches; 1.4.4 Distinction in discourse; 1.4.4.1 Situated discourse; 1.4.5 Requiring topics; 1.5 A note on context; 1.6 An overview; States and compositionality; 2.1 Telicity as a phrase-level category; 2.2 Existential interpretation; 2.3 Other relationships between telicity and existential interpretation

2.3.1 Non-alternating verbs 2.3.1.1 Activity (Atelic) verbs; 2.3.1.2 Achievement (telic) verbs; 2.3.2 Non-alternating stative verbs; 2.3.2.1 Individual-level (generic-only) verbs; 2.3.2.2 Stage-level (existential-only) verbs; 2.3.2.3 Exist; 2.3.2.3.1 Scope.; 2.3.2.3.2 Relative clause modification.; 2.3.2.3.3 Downward entailments.; 2.3.2.3.4 Anaphora.; 2.3.2.3.5 Temporal modifiers and aspectual verbs.; 2.3.2.3.6 Locative modifiers.; 2.3.2.3.7 Weak subjects.; 2.3.2.3.8 Well-established kinds.; 2.3.2.3.9 Subject marking.; 2.4 Conclusions; The arguments of statives; 3.1 Introduction

3.2 The availability of existential interpretation 3.2.1 Topics again; 3.2.2 Varieties of arguments; 3.2.2.1 Weak/Strong; 3.2.2.2 Quantization; 3.2.3 The range of objects; 3.2.3.1 Further evidence; 3.3 Temporal interpretation of stage-level/individual-level predicates; 3.3.1 Lifetime effects; 3.3.2 Temporal modification; 3.3.3 The aspectual nature of existential interpretation; 3.3.3.1 Location dependence; 3.3.3.2 Predicates of individuals vs. predicates of events; 3.3.4 Interim conclusions; 3.4 Part structure and stage-level/individual-level predicates; 3.4.1 Quantization in events

3.4.1.1 Features and the plus principle 3.4.1.2 Towards a compositional account; 3.4.2 Quantization in states; 3.4.2.1 VP-internal Composition of States; 3.4.2.2 Introducing the subject; 3.4.2.3 Evidence for voice in stative predicates; 3.4.2.4 Returning to temporal interpretation; 3.5 Conclusion; Adjectival Predicates and Scale Structures; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Scale structure and stage-level/individual-level predicates; 4.2.1 The structure of scales; 4.2.1.1 Scale closure; 4.2.1.2 Scale standards; 4.2.1.3 The positive form; 4.2.1.3.1 Unified pos form and economy.

4.2.1.3.2 Multiple pos forms.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613679994

9781280769221

128076922X

9789027274168

9027274169

OCLC:

795895122