The syntax of aspect : deriving thematic and aspectual interpretation - Erteschik-Shir, Nomi.; Rapoport, Tova R. (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005)
Aspect and the syntax of argument structure / Ken Hale and Samuel Jay Keyser -- How do verbs get their names? Demonimal verbs, manner incorporation, and the ontology of verb roots in English / Heidi Harley -- Path predicates / Nomi Erteschik-Shir and Tova Rapoport -- Tense, person, and transitivity / Jacqueline Guéron -- Complex aspectual structure in Hindi/Urdu / Miriam Butt and Gillian Ramchand -- The aspect of agency / Edit Doron -- Agents and causes in Malagasy and Tagalog / Lisa Travis -- Event structure and morphosyntax in Navajo / Carlota S. Smith -- Constructions, lexical semantics, and the correspondence principle : accounting for generalizations and subregularities in the realization of arguments / Adele E. Goldberg -- Unspecified arguments in episodic and habitual sentences / Anita Mittwoch -- Resultatives under the event argument homomorphism model of telicity / Stephen Wechsler -- Change of state verbs : implications for theories of argument projection / Malka Rappaport Hovav and Beth Levin.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-302) and indexes.
Keywords: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax; Lexicology