Uniting work from philosophical, cognitive and linguistic perspectives, Dr Truswell develops a model of the structure of events as perceptual and cognitiveunits. He predicts the acceptability of particular formulations, considers the individuation of events in the light of the model, and provides a novel account of patterns of question formation. INDICE: 1: Introduction; Part I: The Structure of Events; 2: The Variable Size of Events; 3: Single Events From Multiple Verb Phrases and the Role ofAgentivity; 4: Structures Built From Events; part II: Events and Locality; 5:Where We Stand; 6: Extraction From Adjuncts; 7: Extraction From Complement Clauses and rhe Effect of Tense; 8: Architectural Issues; 9: Conclusion; References; Author Index; Subject Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-957777-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha Publicación: 20/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés