Beyond alternations
Auteur :
Michaelis, Laura A. / Ruppenhofer, Josef
Éditeur :
Centre for the Study of Language & Information
ISBN :
9781575863306
Date de publication :
1 sept. 2001
Dimensions :
2,3 x 1,6 x 0,1 cm
Poids :
227 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This text provides a unified account of the semantic effects of the German applicative ("be-") construction. Using natural data from a variety of sorpora, the authors proposee that this pattern is inherently meaningful and that its meaning provides the basis for creative extensions.