Revisiting verbs of emission: an update on some relevant theoretical accounts of lexical specification and argument structure of emission verbs
The paper addresses the question of what semantic properties lexicalized in verbs determine their syntactic behavior in intransitive motion events and in resultative constructions in English and Serbian. Special attention is devoted to English and...
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| description | The paper addresses the question of what semantic
properties lexicalized in verbs determine their syntactic behavior in intransitive
motion events and in resultative constructions in English and Serbian. Special
attention is devoted
to English and Serbian verbs of emission (specifically verbs
of sound emission and partly also verbs of light, smell and substance emission)
regarding their potential to surface as main verbs in these constructions and to
combine with directional phrases
within specific morphosyntactic templates
(unaccusatives and unergatives). The presented research promotes a theoretical
view according to which the established syntactic patterns can be applied across
the whole class of verbs of emission to express a full
er range of atypical verb
meanings in motion events. Theoretical conclusions of the research are also
relevant for a wider theoretical description of motion events and resultatives in a
cross
-
linguistic perspective. The paper puts forth additional implica
tions
regarding the projectionalist approach to semantic verb classes against the
theoretical framework of Beth Levin (1993). Finally, the paper considers the
relevant points of structurally realized similarities via relevant constructional
templates in En
glish and in Serbian, as well as some important points of
morphosyntactic divergence between the two languages. The conclusions
presented aim at a more comprehensive contrastive language typology based on
language “framing” parameters. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d2f4aee786e4beb879fdbc13e50fe1d2022-12-22T01:52:15ZengUniversity of MontenegroLogos et Littera: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Text2336-98842336-98842016-06-01132544Revisiting verbs of emission: an update on some relevant theoretical accounts of lexical specification and argument structure of emission verbsNatasa MilivojevicThe paper addresses the question of what semantic properties lexicalized in verbs determine their syntactic behavior in intransitive motion events and in resultative constructions in English and Serbian. Special attention is devoted to English and Serbian verbs of emission (specifically verbs of sound emission and partly also verbs of light, smell and substance emission) regarding their potential to surface as main verbs in these constructions and to combine with directional phrases within specific morphosyntactic templates (unaccusatives and unergatives). The presented research promotes a theoretical view according to which the established syntactic patterns can be applied across the whole class of verbs of emission to express a full er range of atypical verb meanings in motion events. Theoretical conclusions of the research are also relevant for a wider theoretical description of motion events and resultatives in a cross - linguistic perspective. The paper puts forth additional implica tions regarding the projectionalist approach to semantic verb classes against the theoretical framework of Beth Levin (1993). Finally, the paper considers the relevant points of structurally realized similarities via relevant constructional templates in En glish and in Serbian, as well as some important points of morphosyntactic divergence between the two languages. The conclusions presented aim at a more comprehensive contrastive language typology based on language “framing” parameters.http://www.ll.ac.me/treci%20broj/Milivojevic%2025-44.pdfverbs of emissionlexical specificationargument structuremotion events |
| spellingShingle | Natasa Milivojevic Revisiting verbs of emission: an update on some relevant theoretical accounts of lexical specification and argument structure of emission verbs Logos et Littera: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Text verbs of emission lexical specification argument structure motion events |
| title | Revisiting verbs of emission: an update on some relevant theoretical accounts of lexical specification and argument structure of emission verbs |
| title_full | Revisiting verbs of emission: an update on some relevant theoretical accounts of lexical specification and argument structure of emission verbs |
| title_fullStr | Revisiting verbs of emission: an update on some relevant theoretical accounts of lexical specification and argument structure of emission verbs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting verbs of emission: an update on some relevant theoretical accounts of lexical specification and argument structure of emission verbs |
| title_short | Revisiting verbs of emission: an update on some relevant theoretical accounts of lexical specification and argument structure of emission verbs |
| title_sort | revisiting verbs of emission an update on some relevant theoretical accounts of lexical specification and argument structure of emission verbs |
| topic | verbs of emission lexical specification argument structure motion events |
| url | http://www.ll.ac.me/treci%20broj/Milivojevic%2025-44.pdf |
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