Events and predication : a new approach to syntactic processing in English and Spanish /

Events and predication : a new approach to syntactic processing in English and Spanish /

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Author / Creator:	Sanz, Montserrat.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2000.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 219 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 207 Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 207.
Subject:	English language -- Syntax. English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Spanish. Spanish language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English. Spanish language -- Syntax. English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Spanish. English language -- Syntax. Spanish language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English. Spanish language -- Syntax. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11258474

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ISBN:	9789027284440 902728444X 128312159X 9781283121590 158811001X 9781588110015 902723714X 9789027237149 9786613121592 6613121592
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Studies on the syntactic consequences of event type in languages have shown that Aktionsart plays a role in Universal Grammar. This book contributes to the exploration of the syntax/semantics interface by presenting a thorough comparison of event and predicate types in English and Spanish. The mapping between event and syntactic predicate types, including detransitives, is given a minimalist account based on the functional categories that embed event features and on a careful analysis of the features checked by objects. As the book delves into the theoretical issue of how parameters are charac.
Other form:	Print version: Sanz, Montserrat. Events and predication. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2000 158811001X

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Summary:	Studies on the syntactic consequences of event type in languages have shown that Aktionsart plays a role in Universal Grammar. This book contributes to the exploration of the syntax/semantics interface by presenting a thorough comparison of event and predicate types in English and Spanish. The mapping between event and syntactic predicate types, including detransitives, is given a minimalist account based on the functional categories that embed event features and on a careful analysis of the features checked by objects. As the book delves into the theoretical issue of how parameters are characterized, it presents the most comprehensive account to date of event type phenomena in Spanish, an innovative analysis of the clitic SE and a re-definition of unaccusativity. The theory is then applied to the ongoing issues in the sentence processing literature. A proposal is made for an update of the current data in light of these latest linguistic discoveries.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 219 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9789027284440 902728444X 128312159X 9781283121590 158811001X 9781588110015 902723714X 9789027237149 9786613121592 6613121592
ISSN:	0304-0763 ;