Syntax, Lexical Semantics, and Event Structure

by Ivy Sichel

Book Overview

This book focuses on the linguistic representation of temporality in the verbal domain and its interaction with the syntax and semantics of verbs, arguments, and modifiers. Leading scholars explore the division of labour between syntax, compositional semantics, and lexical semantics in the encoding of event structure, encompassing event participants and the temporal properties associated with events. They examine the interface between event structure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199544336
• ISBN13: 9780199544332
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"