The event structure of perception verbs / Nikolas Gisborne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gisborne, Nikolas, 1966-

Series:

Oxford linguistics.

Oxford linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book makes an original contribution to the understanding of perception verbs and the treatment of argument structure, and offers new insights on lexical causation, evidentiality, and processes of cognition. Perception verbs - such as look, see, taste, hear, feel, sound, and listen - present unresolved problems for theories of lexical semantics. This book examines the relations between their semantics and syntactic behaviour, the different kinds of polysemy they exhibit, andthe role of evidentiality in verbs like seem and sound. In unravelling their complexity Nikolas Gisborne looks closel

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Scope; 1.2 The Data; 1.2.1 Three Classes of Perception Verb; 1.2.2 Related Perception Verbs; 1.2.3 Polysemy; 1.2.4 Evidentiality and Epistemic Meaning; 1.2.5 Non-Finite Complementation; 1.2.6 The Temporal Semantics of Hear-Class Verbs; 1.2.7 Summary and Interim Conclusions; 1.3 Issues in Lexical Semantics and Event Structure in WG; 1.4 Conclusions and Prospects; 2 Word Grammar; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Reference; 2.3 Dependencies and Words; 2.3.1 Verbs' Meanings as Nodes; 2.4 Inheritance; 2.4.1 Default Inheritance and the Type/Token Distinction

2.4.2 Multiple Inheritance2.4.3 Inheritance and Relational Concepts; 2.4.4 Inheritance and (Theories of) Polysemy; 2.4.5 Inheritance as an Argument for a Discrete Syntax; 2.5 Argument Linking; an Inventory of Dependencies; 2.6 Language as a Network; Some Theoretical Consequences; 2.7 Prospects; 3 Causation and Relations Between Events: An Introduction to WG Semantics; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Theories of Causation; 3.3 Three Ways of Conceptualizing Events; 3.3.1 The Localist Approach; 3.3.2 The Aspectual Approach; 3.3.3 The Causal Approach/Force Dynamics; 3.3.4 The Approaches Compared

3.4 Causation in Word Grammar and Prospects3.5 Relations Between Events; 3.6 Causation and Semantic Relations; 3.7 Sublexical Causation; 3.8 Ditransitives; 3.9 Ditransitive and Small-Clause MAKE; 3.10 SHOW; 3.11 Event Structure in WG and the Event Type Hierarchy; 3.12 Conclusions; 4 Network Structure and the Polysemy of SEE; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Reason 1; 4.1.2 Reason 2; 4.1.3 Reason 3; 4.2 The Proposal; 4.2.1 Evidence for Verbal Polysemy; 4.2.2 The Sublexeme and Polysemy; 4.3 The Basic Sense of SEE; 4.4 The Propositional Senses; 4.5 Conclusions

5 Perception Verbs and the Semantics of Content5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 The Organization of the Chapter; 5.2 How LOOK/A and SEE are Related; 5.3 The Themes of LOOK and SEE; 5.3.1 The Theme of SEE; 5.3.2 The Theme of LOOK; 5.3.3 LISTEN; 5.4 Is the PP a Complement or an Adjunct?; 5.4.1 What is the Syntactic Relationship Between SEE and the Preposition Phrase?; 5.5 The Force Dynamics of LOOK and SEE; 5.5.1 A Force-Dynamic Characterization of SEE; 5.5.2 Croft's View; 5.5.3 Langacker's Perspective; 5.5.4 Jackendoff; 5.5.5 The Force Dynamics of LOOK/A; 5.6 Discussion

5.7 The Temporal Dimensions of HEAR-class Verbs5.8 The Aktionsart of HEAR-class Verbs; 5.8.1 Duration Tests; 5.8.2 Telicity Tests; 5.8.3 Diagnostics for Homogeneity; 5.8.4 Diagnostics for Dynamicity; 5.9 Conclusions; 6 Non-Finite Complementation; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Syntactic Ambiguity and Semantic Differences; 6.3 The Syntax of Bare Infinitive Complements; 6.3.1 The WG Analysis; 6.4 The Relationship Between the Events; 6.4.1 Why do the Events have to be Co-Temporal?; 6.4.2 Why must the Perceived Event be a Stage-Level Predicate?; 6.4.3 Felser's Constraints Revisited

6.5 Why Jane saw Peter Cross the Road Cannot be Passivized

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ISBN:

9786612544422

1-282-54442-X

0-19-157362-0

OCLC:

611565786