Structuring Events: A Study in the Semantics of Lexical Aspect (Explorations in Semantics)

Rothstein, Susan

ISBN 10: 1405106670 / ISBN 13: 9781405106672

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

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• Titel: Structuring Events: A Study in the Semantics of Lexical Aspect (Explorations in Semantics)
• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1405106670
• ISBN-13: 9781405106672
• Bindung: Hardcover
• Zustand: Like New
• Buchtyp: book

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Inhaltsangabe

Structuring Events presents a novel semantic theory of lexical aspect for anyone interested in the study of verb meanings.

• Provides an introduction to aspectual classes and aspectual distinctions.
• Utilizes case studies to present a novel semantic theory of lexical aspect and compare it with alternative theories.
• Useful for students and scholars in semantics and syntax as well as the neighboring fields of pragmatics and philosophy of language.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Susan Rothstein is Professor of Linguistics at Bar-Ilan University. She has published widely on such issues as syntax, semantics, and the syntax–semantics interface. She is author of Predicates and Their Subjects (2000), and editor of Events and Grammar (1998) and Perspectives on Phrase Structure: Heads and Licensing (1991).