The Structure of Stative Verbs -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Theoretical considerations -- 2.1 Background I: Event semantics and argument structure -- 2.1.1 Aspectual classes -- 2.1.2 The Davidsonian view -- 2.1.3 The Neo-Davidsonian view -- 2.1.4 The Post-Davidsonian view -- 2.1.5 Kimian and Davidsonian statives -- 2.2 Background II: Semantic form -- 2.3 The stative verb in argument structure theory -- 2.3.1 Projectionist views -- 2.3.1.1 Hale and Keyser: Argument structure -- 2.3.1.2 Levin and Rappaport: Structure and constant participants -- 2.3.2 Constructionist views -- 2.3.2.1 Marantz: distributed morphology -- 2.3.2.2 Kratzer I: Stage-level and individual-level predicates -- 2.3.2.3 Extension by Hallman -- 2.3.2.4 Kratzer II: Severing the external argument -- 2.3.2.5 Harley: Different types of v -- 2.3.2.6 Borer: Exoskeletal approach -- 2.3.2.7 Ramchand: A post-Davidsonian view -- 2.4.5.1 Manner adverbials -- 2.3.3 Conclusion -- 2.4 A semantic definition: Stative verb -- 2.4.1 The ontology of Kimian and Davidsonian states -- 2.4.2 A filter that groups together D- and K-states -- 2.4.3 Syntactic tests -- 2.4.4 Infinitival complements of perception verbs -- 2.4.5 Tests based on adverbial modification -- 2.4.5.2 Locative modifiers -- 2.4.5.3 Degree readings of ein bisschen -- 2.4.6 Summary -- 2.5 Other kinds of stative expressions -- 2.5.1 Generic expressions -- 2.5.2 Perfect as a stativizer -- 2.5.3 Adjectival passive -- Stative/eventive ambiguities -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Ambiguity due to instrumental alternation -- 3.2.1 Introduction -- 3.2.2 Tests for a Kimian stative reading -- 3.2.2.1 Manner adverbials -- 3.2.2.2 Event-related locative modifiers -- 3.2.2.3 Degree readings -- 3.3.3 Stative causation? -- 3.2.3.1 Counterfactual analysis of causation.

3.2.3.2 Causation and event structure: A note on Kaufmann and Wunderlich -- 3.2.4 The structure of stative verbs of causation -- 3.2.4.1 The stative reading -- 3.2.4.2 Stative/eventive ambiguities -- 3.2.5 Conclusion -- 3.3 Object-experiencer verbs assigning accusative -- 3.3.1 Introduction -- 3.3.2 Object-experiencer verbs in previous work -- 3.3.2.1 A note on terminology -- 3.3.2.2 Stative and eventive object-experiencer verbs in Italian -- 3.3.2.3 Stative and eventive object-experiencer verbs in Spanish -- 3.3.2.4 Stative and eventive object-experiencer verbs in Finnish -- 3.3.2.5 Previous accounts of object-experiencer verbs -- 3.3.3 Tests for a Kimian stative reading -- 3.3.3.1 Manner adverbials -- 3.3.3.2 Locative modifiers -- 3.3.3.3 Degree readings -- 3.3.4 Properties particular to this verb class -- 3.3.4.1 Temporal modification -- 3.3.4.2 Modifiers that express the start of the target state -- 3.3.4.3 Modification of domains -- 3.3.5. The structure of object-experiencer verbs -- 3.3.5.1 The lexical-semantic structure -- 3.3.5.2 The syntactic structure -- 3.3.6 Conclusion -- 3.4 The threaten-class -- 3.4.1 Introduction -- 3.4.2 Tests for a Kimian stative reading -- 3.4.2.1 Manner adverbials -- 3.4.2.2 Locative modifiers -- 3.4.2.3 Degree readings -- 3.4.2.4 Summary -- 3.4.3 The modal component of threaten -- 3.4.3.1 The DO/MOD alternation -- 3.4.3.2 The modality of drohen -- 3.4.4 The structure of threaten-type verbs -- 3.4.4.1 The lexical-semantic structure -- 3.4.4.2 The syntactic structure -- 3.4.5 Conclusion -- 3.5 Dispositional verbs -- 3.5.1 Introduction -- 3.5.2 Stative/eventive ambiguities noted in previous work -- 3.5.3 Tests for a Kimian stative reading -- 3.5.3.1 Manner adverbials -- 3.5.3.2 Locative modifiers -- 3.5.3.3 Degree readings -- 3.5.4 Properties particular to this verb class -- 3.5.4.1 Temporal modification.

3.5.4.2 Modifiers that express the start of the target state -- 3.5.4.3 Modification of domains -- 3.5.4.4 Evaluation -- 3.5.4.5 Semantic properties of dispositional verbs -- 3.5.5 The structure of dispositional verbs -- 3.5.5.1 Dative assignment -- 3.5.5.2 Lexical-semantic structure -- 3.5.5.3 Summary: Helfen-verbs -- 3.6. Perception verbs -- 3.6.1 Evidence for a Kimian stative reading -- 3.6.1.1 Manner adverbials -- 3.6.1.2 Locative modifiers -- 3.6.1.3 Degree readings -- 3.6.2 The structure of perception verbs -- 3.6.3. Conclusion -- 3.7 Conclusion -- Non-ambiguous statives -- 4.1 Subject experiencer/possessor verbs -- 4.1.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1.1 Case assignment in Finnish -- 4.1.1.2 Inchoative subject-experiencers in Spanish -- 4.1.2 Tests for an underlying Kimian state -- 4.1.2.1 Manner adverbials -- 4.1.2 Locative modifiers -- 4.1.2.3 Degree readings -- 4.1.3 Are subject-experiencer verbs really stative? A comment on rapp -- 4.1.4 Argument structure -- 4.1.5 The structure of subject experiencer verbs -- 4.1.6 Conclusion -- 4.2 Dative experiencer / possessor verbs -- 4.2.1 Evidence for a Kimian stative reading -- 4.2.1.1 Manner adverbials -- 4.2.1.2 Locative modifiers -- 4.2.1.3 Degree readings -- 4.2.1.4 Complement of perception verbs -- 4.2.2 The structure of dative-experiencer/possessor verbs -- 4.2.3 Conclusion -- 4.3 Measure verbs -- 4.3.1 Evidence for a Kimian stative reading -- 4.3.1.1 Manner adverbials -- 4.3.1.2 Locative modifiers -- 4.3.1.3 Degree readings -- 4.3.2 Further properties of measure verbs -- 4.3.3 The lack of an eventive reading -- 4.3.4 The structure of measure verbs -- 4.3.4.1 The lexical structure of measure verbs -- 4.3.4.2 The syntactic structure of measure verbs -- 4.3.5 Conclusion -- 4.4 PP-complement verbs -- 4.4.1 Remark -- 4.4.2 Evidence for a Kimian stative reading -- 4.4.2.1 Manner adverbials.

4.4.2.2 Locative modifiers -- 4.4.2.3 Degree readings -- 4.4.2.4 Complement of perception verbs -- 4.4.3 The structure of verbs with a PP-complement -- 4.4.3.1 The lexical-semantic structure -- 4.4.3.2 The syntactic structure -- 4.4.4 Conclusion -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Verbs of position -- 5.1 Stative verbs of position -- 5.1.1 Tests for a Kimian stative reading -- 5.1.1.1 Manner adverbials -- 5.1.1.2 Locative modifiers -- 5.1.2 The structure of stative verbs of position -- 5.2 Verbs of body posture -- 5.2.1 Tests for an eventive reading -- 5.2.1.1 Manner adverbials -- 5.2.1.2 Locative modifiers -- 5.2.2 The structure of posture verbs -- 5.3 PP argument versus PP incorporation -- 5.4 Evidence from Tibeto-Burman -- 5.5 Conclusion -- Verbs of internal causation -- 6.1 Non-agentive verbs of internal causation -- 6.1.1 The instrument role -- 6.1.1.1 Verbs of sound emission -- 6.1.1.2 Verbs of light emission -- 6.1.1.3 Verbs of smell and substance emission -- 6.1.1.4 Conclusion -- 6.1.2 The structure of verbs of emission -- 6.1.3 Conclusion -- Event structure and theta features -- 7.1 Features within the vP -- 7.1.1 Features in v -- 7.1.2 Flavors of v -- 7.1.3 Dowty's calculus from a minimalist perspective -- 7.2 Theta checking -- 7.2.1 Aspectual layout -- 7.2.2 Example verb structures -- 7.2.3 Checking and verb phases -- 7.2.4 The situation argument -- 7.2.4.1 The elimination of the Davidsonian event argument -- 7.3 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- 8.1 Further verb classes -- 8.1.1 Modals -- 8.1.2 Sensation predicates -- 8.1.2.1 Manner adverbials -- 8.1.2.2 Locative modifiers -- 8.1.2 Degree readings -- 8.1.2.4 Conclusion -- 8.2 Conclusion -- References -- Author index -- Subject index -- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.