Abstract
This chapter investigates the observed complementarity of manner and result as components of lexicalized verb meaning. We provide a precise characterization of these meaning components: results involve scalar changes, while manners involve nonscalar changes. We propose a verb may only lexicalize one type of change, giving rise to manner/result complementarity.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Lexical Semantics, Syntax, and Event Structure |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191720536 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199544325 |
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| State | Published - 1 May 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Editorial matter and organization Malka Rappaport Hovav, Edit Doron, and Ivy Sichel 2010. © The chapters their several authors 2010. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Change of state
- Manner
- Motion
- Result
- Scalar change