Dual aspectual forms and event structure in Caribbean English Creoles

Marsha Forbes-Barnett

ISBN 10: 3961101132 / ISBN 13: 9783961101139

Verlag: Language Science Press, Language Science Press Apr 2019, 2019

Beschreibung

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.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783961101139

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Dual aspectual forms and event structure in Caribbean English Creoles
• Verlag: Language Science Press, Language Science Press Apr 2019
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3961101132
• ISBN-13: 9783961101139
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: 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.