
Argument Realisation in Complex Predicates and Complex Events
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- Intro
- Argument Realisation in Complex Predicates and Complex Events
- Editorial page
- Title page
- LCC data
- Table of contents
- Introduction. Argument realisation in complex predicates and complex events at the syntax-semantic internface
- References
- 1. The syntactic realisation of complex events and complex predicates in situations of Irish
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Situations and complex events
- 3. Nexus-juncture relations and complex predications
- 4. The nature of complex events in situations
- 4.1 transition: e1 into e2
- 4.2 sequence - e1 before e2
- 4.3 e1 simultaneous with e2
- 4.3.1 e1 simultaneous with e2 - no location specified
- 4.3.2 e1 simultaneous with e2 - temporal location specified
- 4.3.3 e1 simultaneous with e2 - spatial location specified
- 4.3.4 Dative subject
- 4.4 Subordination
- 4.5 Complex predicates
- 4.5.1 Phase
- 4.5.2 Modifying subevents
- 5. Discussion
- References
- 2. Pleonasm in particle verb constructions in German
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Bracket structure topology in German
- 3. Verbs with separable prefixes
- 3.1 The semantic contribution of the particle
- 3.2 Non-compositionality of the particle-verb complex
- 3.3 Combinability of particles
- 3.4 Particles in predicative adjective use
- 4. On pleonastic directionals: Which element is redundant?
- 5. Talmy: Windowing of attention in motion event frames
- 5.1 Talmy's cognitive approach to frames and attention
- 5.2 Applying Talmy's model to German pleonastic particle constructions
- 6. Metaphorical uses of Pleonastic Particle Constructions
- 7. Summary of the specifications of the Pleonastic Particle Construction
- 8. Conclusion and outlook
- References
- 3. Serial verb constructions and event structure representations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. SVCs in the relevant literature
- 3. Verbal status of serial verbs
- 4. Composition and conceptual structures of SVCs
- 5. An RRG analysis of SVCs
- 5.1 Role and reference grammar
- 5.2. Syntactic representations of SVCs
- 5.2.1 Syntactic representations of Non-SVCs
- 5.3 Linking syntax and semantics in SVCs
- 6. Concluding remarks
- References
- 4. Non-conventional arguments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The nothing special hypothesis
- 3. History of 'a': The once-a-coordinate hypothesis
- 4. Distribution of AF vs AI
- 5. Semantic bleaching of V1
- 6. Event structure and V1 - V2 cohesion
- 7. A continuum to serialization?
- 8. Summing up
- References
- 5. Complex predicates in Lithuanian
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Framework, methodology and data
- 2.1 Data
- 2.2 Methodology
- 2.3 Role and reference grammar
- 3. Types of predicates in Lithuanian
- 3.1 Simple predicates
- 3.2 Complex predicates
- 3.2.1 Nominal complex predicates
- 3.2.2 Verbal complex predicates
- 3.2.3 Serial verb constructions in Lithuanian
- 4. Discussion
- References
- 6. Serial verb constructions in Estonian
- 1. Introduction
- 2. What is the serial verb construction?
- 3. Overview of previous studies of similar phenomena in Finno-Ugric languages
- 4. Serial verb constructions in Estonian
- 4.1 Syntactic status of Estonian SVC
- 4.2 First verbs (V1) in Estonian SVCs
- 5. Corpus study
- 5.1 The etTenTen Corpus
- 5.2 Data and coding
- 5.3 Corpus analysis
- 5.3.1 V1 markers
- 5.3.2 V2 in the SVC
- 5.3.3 Locative and temporal adverbs in SVCs
- 6. Conclusion
- Sources of the examples
- References
- 7. Complex predication in three dialects of Australia's Western Desert
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The nature of complex predicates
- 3. Syntactic complex predicates
- 3.1 Serial verb constructions
- 3.2 Verb-verb compounding
- 4. Morphological complex predicates
- 4.1 Morphological derivation
- 4.2 Noun-verb compounding
- 5. Lexical complex predicates
- 6. Concluding discussion
- References
- 8. Complex verbs in Bohairic Coptic
- 1. Subject and aims of the present chapter
- 2. Structure of the chapter
- 3. Introduction
- 3.1 Basic information about Egyptian-Coptic and the corpus examined
- 3.2 Egyptian and Greek in contact
- 3.3 Case: some preliminaries
- 3.3.1 Case, its marking and its functions
- 3.3.2 Case and language contact
- 3.3.3 Case in Ancient Greek
- 4. Complex verbs and their arguments in Bohairic Coptic
- 4.1 Formation strategies of complex verbs
- 4.2 Complex verbs and their valency: An overview
- 4.3 Greek valency patterns in Coptic?
- 4.4 Discussion
- 5. Conclusions: Two subsystems of transitivity in Bohairic Coptic
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 9. The organizational structure of lexical compound verbs in Japanese
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Preliminary remarks
- 2.1 Construction Morphology
- 2.2 Compound verbs in an inheritance hierarchy
- 2.3 Classification of compound verbs
- 2.3.1 Two groups of compound verbs
- 2.3.2 Argument structure of compound verbs
- 2.3.3 Linguistic test
- 2.4 Proposal
- 3. Constructional schemas for left-headed compound verbs
- 3.1 Meaning of -hateru
- 3.2 Constructional schemas of -hateru
- 3.3 Representation of -hateru in two dimensions
- 4. Constructional schemas for right-headed compound verbs
- 4.1 The prefixed type
- 4.2 Thematic compound verbs
- 4.2.1 Causing/leading activity-specifying type
- 4.2.2 Resultative state-elaborating type
- 4.2.3 Resultative state-augmentation type
- 5. Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 10. Verb-verb compounds and argument structure in Tepehua
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Verb-verb compounds
- 2.1 Kinds of compounds
- 2.2 Transitivity of compounds
- 3. Compounding in Tepehua
- 4. Verb-verb constructions in Tepehua
- 5. Right-headed verb-verb compounds
- 6. Left-headed verb-verb constructions
- 7. V2 as inflection
- 8. Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 11. Multi-verb constructions in Cheyenne
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Cheyenne Language
- 3. Multi-verb constructions in the context of Cheyenne
- 3.1 Definition of the concept of multi-verb constructions
- 3.2 Cheyenne verb structure8
- 4. Typology of multi-verb constructions in Cheyenne
- 4.2 Primary verb construction
- 4.2.1 Posture construction
- 4.2.2 Construction expressing orientation plus (manner of) motion
- 4.2.3 Construction expressing simultaneous actions
- 4.2.4 Directional construction
- 4.2.5 Instrumental suffix construction
- 4.2.6 Instrumental infix and suffix construction
- 4.2.7 Aspectual construction
- 4.2.8 Modal construction
- 4.2.9 Comitative construction
- 4.2.10 Cause-effect construction
- 4.2.11 Purposive construction
- 4.2.12 Construction expressing sequence of actions or concomitant actions
- 4.3 Secondary verb construction
- 4.3.1 Causative construction
- 4.3.2 Benefactive construction
- 4.3.3 Desiderative construction
- 4.3.4 Process construction
- 4.4 Compound verb construction
- 4.4.1 Construction expressing orientation plus purpose
- 4.4.2 Construction expressing sequence of actions or concomitant actions
- 4.4.3 Possessive construction
- 4.4.4 Aspectual construction
- 4.4.5 Modal construction
- 4.5 Mixed constructions
- 4.5.1 Primary?+?secondary verb construction
- 4.5.2 Compound+secondary verb construction
- 4.5.3 Compound?+?primary verb construction
- 5. Summary
- 6. Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Appendix
- 12. Feelings as emotion, attitude, and viewpoints
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The semantics of 'sentir' 'to feel'
- 3. The corpus under analysis
- 4. 'Sentir' taking nominal complements
- 5. 'Sentir' taking clausal complements
- 6. 'Sentir' taking predicative elements
- 7. Final discussion
- References
- 13. Nominal predication in Persian
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Aktionsart types tests
- 2.1 Dastæn 'have'
- 2.2 kærdæn 'do'
- 2.3 sodæn 'become'
- 2.4 dadæn 'give'
- 2.5 zædæn 'hit/strike'
- 2.6 didæn 'see'
- 2.7 gereftæn 'take'
- 2.8 yaftæn 'find'
- 2.9 kesidæn 'pull'
- 2.10 xordæn 'eat'
- 2.11 amædæn 'come'
- 2.12 ræftæn 'go'
- 2.13 aværdæn 'bring'
- 2.14 bæxsidæn 'give/forgive'
- 2.15 bordæn 'take/carry'
- 2.16 gozastæn 'put'
- 3. Role of the nominal element in Aktionsart type
- 4. Nominal element semantics
- 5. Logical structure
- 6. Summary
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 14. Concept structuring in Persian PP-centric complex predicates
- 1. Complex Predicates
- 2. The status of LV and NV in Persian CPs: A recap
- 3. Concept Structuring System
- 3.1 Configurational system
- 3.2 Perspectival system
- 3.3 Attentional system
- 3.4 Force dynamics
- 4. Analysis
- 4.1 be næzær amædæn /æz næzær gozærandæn/ dær næzær gereftæn / dær næzær dastæn
- 4.2 be donya amædæn / az donya ræftæn
- 4.3 be sugvari nesæstæn/ be neza? bærxastæn
- 4.4 dær xætær oftadæn/ be xætær oftadæn/ dær xætær ændaxtæn/ be xætær ændaxtæn
- 4.5 be dæst aværdæn/ be dæst amædæn/ be dæst gereftæn/ æz dæst dadæn/ æz dæst ræftæn
- 5. Conclusion
- References
- Index
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