Structuring Events: A Study in the Semantics of Aspect

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Wiley, Apr 15, 2008 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 216 pages
Structuring Events presents a novel semantic theory of lexical aspect for anyone interested in the study of verb meanings.

  • Provides an introduction to aspectual classes and aspectual distinctions.
  • Utilizes case studies to present a novel semantic theory of lexical aspect and compare it with alternative theories.
  • Useful for students and scholars in semantics and syntax as well as the neighboring fields of pragmatics and philosophy of language.

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Structuring Events: A Study in the Semantics of Lexical Aspect
Susan Rothstein
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Susan Rothstein
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Susan Rothstein
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About the author (2008)

Susan Rothstein is Professor of Linguistics at Bar-Ilan University. She has published widely on such issues as syntax, semantics, and the syntax–semantics interface. She is author of Predicates and Their Subjects (2000), and editor of Events and Grammar (1998) and Perspectives on Phrase Structure: Heads and Licensing (1991).

Bibliographic information

TitleStructuring Events: A Study in the Semantics of Aspect
Volume 5 of Explorations in Semantics
AuthorSusan Rothstein
PublisherWiley, 2008
ISBN0470759100, 9780470759103
Length216 pages
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Language Arts & Disciplines / General
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics
  
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