Applicative Arguments : A Syntactic and Semantic Investigation of German and English.
Title:
Applicative Arguments : A Syntactic and Semantic Investigation of German and English.
Author:
Bosse, Solveig.
ISBN:
9781453913543
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0
Physical Description:
1 online resource (250 pages)
Series:
Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics ; v.93
Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Defining Applicative Arguments -- 1.2 Goals and Structure of this Book -- 2 Preliminaries -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Not-At-Issue Meaning -- 2.3 Event Semantics -- 2.4 Pylkkänen (2002, 2008) -- 3 Affected Experiencers -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Distinguishing Affected Experiencers -- 3.2.1 Benefactives (Chapter 5) -- 3.2.2 Part-Whole Applicative Arguments (Chapter 6) & Pertinence Datives -- 3.2.3 Other German Applicatives -- 3.3 At-Issue and Not-At-Issue Meaning -- 3.3.1 Affected Experiencers -- 3.3.2 Pertinence Dative -- 3.4 Analysis -- 3.5 Consequences -- 3.5.1 Bi-Eventivity -- 3.5.2 Again-Modification -- 3.5.3 Negation -- 3.6 Pertinence Dative -- 3.6.1 Analysis -- 3.6.2 Previous Analyses -- 3.6.3 Conclusion -- 3.7 Verbal Restrictions -- 3.7.1 Valency -- 3.7.2 Semantic Licensing -- 3.8 Affected Experiencers following Potts (2005) -- 3.9 Digression: Parametric Variation of Aff -- 3.9.1 Japanese: Attachment Height Variation -- 3.9.2 Not-At-Issue Affected Experiencers -- 3.9.3 Parametric Variation -- 3.10 Conclusion -- 4 Not-At-Issue Applicative Arguments -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Ethical Dative -- 4.2.1 Description -- 4.2.2 Analysis -- 4.2.3 Summary -- 4.3 Subject Co-Referential Applicative Arguments -- 4.3.1 Description -- 4.3.2 Features -- 4.3.3 Form -- 4.3.4 Role of the Direct Object -- 4.3.5 Not-At-Issue Meaning -- 4.3.6 Analysis -- 4.3.7 Consequences -- 4.3.8 Previous Analyses -- 4.3.9 Summary -- 4.4 Not-At-Issue Applicatives -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5 Benefactives -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Description -- 5.2.1 English -- 5.2.2 German -- 5.3 At-Issue Content -- 5.4 True Applicative Benefactives -- 5.4.1 Analysis -- 5.4.2 Consequences -- 5.4.3 Verbal Restrictions -- 5.4.4 Hole (2005 -- 201X) -- 5.4.5 Summary -- 5.5 Recipient Benefactives -- 5.5.1 Meaning -- 5.5.2 Ditransitives and Benefactives.
5.5.3 Analysis -- 5.5.4 Consequences -- 5.5.5 Summary -- 5.6 Prepositional Alternation -- 5.6.1 Analysis -- 5.6.2 Consequences -- 5.6.3 PP-shells -- 5.7 Conclusion -- 6 Part-Whole Applicatives -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Description -- 6.2.1 Differentiating Part-Whole Applicative Arguments -- 6.2.2 Characteristics -- 6.2.3 Restrictions on Part-Whole Applicative Arguments -- 6.3 At-Issue Meaning -- 6.4 Analysis -- 6.4.1 Possessor Raising -- 6.4.2 Pylkkänen (2002) -- 6.4.3 Hole (2008) -- 6.4.4 Tomioka and Sim (2007) -- 6.4.5 Analysis -- 6.5 Consequences -- 6.6 Conclusion -- 7 Dative of Inaction -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Description -- 7.3 At-Issue Meaning -- 7.4 Analysis -- 7.5 Consequences -- 7.6 Conclusion -- 8 Co-Occurrence of Applicatives -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 German -- 8.2.1 Ethical Dative -- 8.2.2 Dative of Inaction -- 8.2.3 Subject Co-referential Applicative -- 8.2.4 Affected Experiencer -- 8.2.5 True Benefactive -- 8.2.6 Part-Whole Applicative -- 8.2.7 Summary -- 8.3 English -- 8.4 Conclusion -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Affected Experiencers -- Appendix 2: Not-At-Issue Applicatives -- Appendix 3: Benefactives -- Appendix 4: Part-Whole Applicative -- Appendix 5: Dative of Inaction -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
<I>Applicative Arguments: A Syntactic and Semantic Investigation of German and English</I> presents formal semantic and syntactic analyses of German and English applicative arguments. These arguments are nominal elements that are not obligatory parts of a sentence. Both German and English have several types of applicative arguments, including so-called benefactive and malefactive constructions. More specifically, the research relies on tests to differentiate the different types of applicative arguments based on this contribution to meaning: Some applicatives contribute only not-at-issue meaning, whereas others contribute only at-issue meaning, and still others contribute both types of meaning. These tests are applied to both German and English to uniquely identify the applicative arguments in each language. Formal analyses of the identified type of applicative arguments are presented that provide an account for each type of applicative identified for each language, explaining the applicatives' differences and similarities.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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