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Ramchand, Gillian Catriona

 
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Sinossi

This book examines the relationship between the meaning of words and the structure of sentences.

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Descrizione del libro

The relationship between the meaning of words and the structure of sentences is an important area of research in linguistics. Studying the connections between lexical conceptual meaning and event structural relations, this book arrives at a modular classification of verb types within English and across languages.

Contenuti

1. Introduction; 2. The empirical ground; 3. A first phase syntax; 4. Deriving verb classes; 5. Paths and results; 6. Causativization; 7. Conclusion.

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