The roots of verbal meaning

This book explores possible and impossible word meanings, with a specific focus on the meanings of verbs. It presents a new theory of possible root meanings and their interaction with event templates that produces a new typology of possible verbs, with semantic and grammatical properties determined...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Beavers, John, author (author), Koontz-Garboden, Andrew, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2020.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 74.
Oxford scholarship online.
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Descripción
Sumario:This book explores possible and impossible word meanings, with a specific focus on the meanings of verbs. It presents a new theory of possible root meanings and their interaction with event templates that produces a new typology of possible verbs, with semantic and grammatical properties determined not just by templates, but also by roots.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages) : illustrations
Público:Specialized.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780192597793
9780191889417