Verbal Prepositions and Argument Structure
Path, place and possession in Norwegian
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This book investigates different types of verb-PP combinations and examines the types of meanings which arise when the argument structure of the PP fuses with the verbal argument structure. Focussing mainly on data from Norwegian, the book investigates three different empirical domains of PP-VP combinations and concludes that the arising interpretations result from a combination of the fine-grained structure of the PP, the structure of the verb phrase, and the different modes of combination. The book sheds new light on the syntax-semantics interplay while adding new insight about the properties of the category P in Norwegian. The book also contributes to the debate between Lexicalism and Constructionism, and it concludes that a moderate Constructionist model with a fine-grained syntactic structure determining interpretation is best equipped to handle the enormous flexibility of verb-prepositional phrase combinations of the types explored.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 121] 2008. ix, 187 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements | p. ix
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Chapter 1. Setting the scene: Events, participants, paths, and places | pp. 1–24
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Chapter 2. Prepositions: Paths and places | pp. 25–68
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Chapter 3. Possession and the notion of affected participants | pp. 69–124
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Chapter 4. Abstract places and results | pp. 125–166
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Chapter 5. Denouement: Summary and conclusions | pp. 167–173
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Index | pp. 183–187
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General