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OverviewIn recent years, the study of events and their role as implicit arguments of predicates has been at the center of much important work in semantics and the syntax/semantics interface. This volume brings together fourteen original studies by leading scholars in semantics and the syntax/semantics interface, covering a broad spectrum of research into the role of events in grammar. The papers extensively address the following topics, among others: event arguments and thematic argument structure; the role of events in verbal aspectual distinctions; events and the distinction between stage and individual level predicates; the role of events in the analysis of plurality and scope relations, the mass/count distinction, and propositional attitudes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan RothsteinPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998 Volume: 70 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.220kg ISBN: 9781402002892ISBN 10: 1402002890 Pages: 386 Publication Date: 30 November 2001 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsGeneralizing Tense Semantics for Future Contexts.- Thematic Roles and the Individuation of Events.- Plurality of Mass Nouns and the Notion of “Semantic Parameter”.- Progressives, States and Backgrounding.- An Overt Syntactic Marker for Genericity in Hebrew.- On Generic and Existential Bare Plurals and the Classification of Predicates.- Scope or Pseudoscope? Are there Wide-scope Indefinites?.- The Origins of Telicity.- Plurals and Maximalization.- Events in the Semantics of Collectivizing Adverbials.- Stativity and Theticity.- Cognate Objects as Reflections of Davidsonian Event Arguments.- Subject-oriented Adverbs are Thematically Dependent.- Aspect Shift.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |