Dual aspectual forms and event structure in Caribbean English Creoles (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783961101139)

This book tackles the divisive question of the Stative/Non-stative distinction by going straight to the root of the lexical items that have been at the heart of this discussion. It provides an analysis of property items (Dual Aspectual Forms) couched in the syntax-semantics interface eliminating the false dichotomy at the base of the controversy in the field and the suggestion that a lexical item needs be unambiguously Stative or Non-stative. What we see in this work is theoretical grounding for a flexible group of lexical items comprising both verbs and adjectives underlyingly with allowances made for derivation into either category. The result is a work that is conceptually and theoretically appealing and one that brings consensus.

Author: Marsha Forbes-Barnett
ISBN-10: 3961101132
ISBN-13: 9783961101139
Publisher: Language Science Press
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2019
Pages: 172
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.44d