Affectedness and other semantic properties of English denominal locative verbs.

Analyzes the systematic syntactic-semantic relations of a class of English denominal locative verbs. Differences between locatum and location verbs; Locative denominals as verbs of spatial location and motion; Semantics of nondenominal locative verbs; Grammatical relations of arguments of content a...

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Publicado en:American Speech Vol. 68; no. 2; pp. 139 - 161
Autor principal: Buck, R.A.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Duke University Press Summer93
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Sumario:Analyzes the systematic syntactic-semantic relations of a class of English denominal locative verbs. Differences between locatum and location verbs; Locative denominals as verbs of spatial location and motion; Semantics of nondenominal locative verbs; Grammatical relations of arguments of content and container and `spray'/`load' verbs.