Dual aspectual forms and event structure in Caribbean English Creoles

Marsha Forbes-Barnett

ISBN 10: 3961101132 / ISBN 13: 9783961101139

Editore: Language Science Press, Language Science Press Apr 2019, 2019

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Neuware -This book tackles the divisive question of the Stative/Non-stative distinction by going straight to the root of the lexical items that have been at the heart of this discussion. It provides an analysis of property items (Dual Aspectual Forms) couched in the syntax-semantics interface eliminating the false dichotomy at the base of the controversy in the field and the suggestion that a lexical item needs be unambiguously Stative or Non-stative. What we see in this work is theoretical grounding for a flexible group of lexical items comprising both verbs and adjectives underlyingly with allowances made for derivation into either category. The result is a work that is conceptually and theoretically appealing and one that brings consensus.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 172 pp. Englisch. Codice articolo 9783961101139

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Titolo: Dual aspectual forms and event structure in ...

Casa editrice: Language Science Press, Language Science Press Apr 2019

Data di pubblicazione: 2019

Legatura: Buch

Condizione: Neu

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This book tackles the divisive question of the Stative/Non-stative distinction by going straight to the root of the lexical items that have been at the heart of this discussion. It provides an analysis of property items (Dual Aspectual Forms) couched in the syntax-semantics interface eliminating the false dichotomy at the base of the controversy in the field and the suggestion that a lexical item needs be unambiguously Stative or Non-stative. What we see in this work is theoretical grounding for a flexible group of lexical items comprising both verbs and adjectives underlyingly with allowances made for derivation into either category. The result is a work that is conceptually and theoretically appealing and one that brings consensus.