Abstract
This paper studies the relative contributions of syntax and semantics to unaccusative phenomena through the study of the behavior of verbs of motion with respect to a variety of unaccusative phenomena. Three classes of intransitive verbs of motion are introduced, which are cross-classified by unaccusative diagnostics. This cross-classification is explained once the syntactic and semantic aspects of unaccusativity are isolated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 113-140 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Selected papers on theoretical and applied linguistics |
| Volume | 2 |
| State | Published - 1989 |