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Authors: Violeta Demonte
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-07 - Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)

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This volume presents new work by leading researchers on central themes in the study of event structure: the nature and representation of telicity, change, and t
English Verb Classes and Alternations
Language: en
Pages: 366
Authors: Beth Levin
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-09 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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In this rich reference work, Beth Levin classifies over 3,000 English verbs according to shared meaning and behavior. Levin starts with the hypothesis that a ve
Transitivity Alternations in Diachrony
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Pages: 325
Authors: Nikolaos Lavidas
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-12-14 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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Τhis book offers a new approach to the theory of change in argument structure and voice morphology. It investigates the diachrony of transitivity, and especial
Telicity in the Second Language
Language: en
Pages: 250
Authors: Roumyana Slabakova
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-07-09 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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The author combines a syntax-theoretical treatment of telicity marking and an empirical study of the second language acquisition of English telicity marking by
Particle Verbs in English
Language: en
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Authors: Nicole Dehé
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This book offers a new account of the transitive particle verb construction in English. The main emphasis is on the alternation between the two word orders poss