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Potashnik, Joseph

 
9783843391269: A Study of Inanimate Unergatives: Evidence from Hebrew
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ISBN 10: 3843391262 ISBN 13: 9783843391269
Casa editrice: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

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This paper reassesses the syntactic and semantic analysis of unergative verbs with inanimate subjects. Two main problems are present: First, what component of meaning predicts their unergativity? Contra Reinhart 2002, this paper argues that inanimate unergatives involve a causal implication, hence their subject merges externally without further ado. Second, a subset of inanimate unergatives exhibits transitive alternates (e.g. The doorbell buzzed / The postman buzzed the doorbell). How is the alternation formed? This paper shows that the process involved here is a productive, non-derivational pattern, which has been independently attested.

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L'autore

Joseph Potashnik is a PhD student in linguistics at Tel Aviv University. He is a senior software engineer and worked in pioneering high-tech companies. He has B.Sc. in computer sciences and physics, and M.A. degree in linguistics (summa cum laude) from Tel Aviv University.

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Editore
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
3843391262
ISBN 13 
9783843391269
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
76
Contatto del produttore
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