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Structuring Sense explores the difference between words however defined and structures however constructed. It sets out to demonstrate over three volumes, of which this is the second, that the explanation of linguistic competence should be shifted from lexical entry to syntactic structure, from memory of words to manipulation of rules. Its reformulation of how grammar and lexicon interact has profound implications for linguistic, philosophical, and psychological theories about human mind and language. Hagit Borer departs from both language specific constructional approaches and lexicalist approaches to argue that universal hierarchical structures determine interpretation, and that language variation emerges from the morphological and phonological properties of inflectional material. The Normal Course of Events applies this radical approach to event structure. Integrating research results in syntax, semantics, and morphology, the author shows that argument structure is based on the syntactic realization of semantic event units. The topics she addresses include the structure of internal arguments and of telic and atelic interpretations, accusative and partitive case, perfective and imperfective marking, the unaccusative-unergative distinction, existential interpretation and post-verbal subjects, and resultative constructions. The languages discussed include English, Catalan, Finnish, Hebrew, Czech, Polish, Russian, and Spanish.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN-139780199263929
eBay Product ID (ePID)95301037
Product Key Features
Number of Pages424 Pages
Publication NameStructuring Sense: Volume 2: the Normal Course of events
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TypeStudy Guide
Subject AreaDevelopmental Psychology, Data Analysis
AuthorHagit Borer
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height235 mm
Item Weight630 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorHagit Borer
Series TitleStructuring Sense