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How to Begin? Toward a General Theory of Aspectual Verbs.
How to Begin? Toward a General Theory of Aspectual Verbs.

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자료유형  
 학위논문
Control Number  
0017161035
International Standard Book Number  
9798382328843
Dewey Decimal Classification Number  
401
Main Entry-Personal Name  
Cousins, Shannon.
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  
[S.l.] : Michigan State University., 2024
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
Physical Description  
95 p.
General Note  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-11, Section: A.
General Note  
Advisor: Buccola, Brian.
Dissertation Note  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2024.
Summary, Etc.  
요약Aspectual verbs, like begin, start, continue, finish, and end, have been shown in recent literature to participate in several linguistic phenomena, resulting in a complex array of theoretical puzzles. The majority of semantic inquiry into these verbs revolves around their transitive constructions, focusing on the compositional relationship between the aspectual verb and its semantic complement. Many previous accounts, which rely on processes like complement coercion, type-shifting, and lexical metonymy to explain specific verbal behaviors, assume that aspectual verbs are type-specific in their semantic selection of complements, only ever taking an event argument. However, Pinango and Deo (2016) introduce the first of many behavioral complexities exhibited by these verbs in their novel observations of their varied stative (non-eventive) interpretations, reflecting their underlying mereological nature. Based on this, their account, the Structured Individual Hypothesis (SIH), in essence, dissolves the event/entity type distinction held by previous researchers and assumes instead a type-flexible account for aspectual verb semantic composition. However, while the mereological framework assumed in the SIH can be considered fundamental to aspectual verb semantics across complement types, the set of novel empirical evidence put forth in this dissertation shows that neither the SIH nor any current theory is sufficient for a comprehensive theory of all aspectual verb behaviors. As these theories limit their scope to primarily transitive aspectual verb structures, they miss generalizations evident when considering the varied argument structures these verbs may appear in (including z began x, x began, x began with y, and z began x with y). Specifically, the novel data of aspectual verb selective transitivity alternations presented here, which indicates their underlying (anti-)causative nature, crucially challenges the generality of the SIH, in particular, as it provides significant support for the event/entity type distinction in aspectual verb composition. The linking of prior (anti-)causation accounts to aspectual verb behavior aids in motivating a monadic approach to their semantic argument structure, which assumes they take in a single argument in their base form. Furthermore, previous accounts suffer from a lack of the fine-grained semantic formalism necessary to account for the varied telicity and meanings exhibited across these verbs. As such, this dissertation has five main goals: (1) to provide a comprehensive review of prior accounts, (2) to examine the theoretical challenges to each in light of novel empirical data, (3) to link aspectual verb behavior to a monadic non-derivational non-lexical (anti-)causation account, (4) to investigate possible expansions of each prior account, and (5) to propose a set of theoretically well-motivated formal components that are argued to be necessary to incorporate in a comprehensive aspectual verb theory.
Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  
Linguistics.
Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  
Language.
Index Term-Uncontrolled  
Verb theory
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Aspectual verbs
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Semantic composition
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Transitive constructions
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Structured Individual Hypothesis
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Michigan State University Linguistics - Doctor of Philosophy
Host Item Entry  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-11A.
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■520    ▼aAspectual  verbs,  like  begin,  start,  continue,  finish,  and  end,  have  been  shown  in  recent  literature  to  participate  in  several  linguistic  phenomena,  resulting  in  a  complex  array  of  theoretical  puzzles.  The  majority  of  semantic  inquiry  into  these  verbs  revolves  around  their  transitive  constructions,  focusing  on  the  compositional  relationship  between  the  aspectual  verb  and  its  semantic  complement.  Many  previous  accounts,  which  rely  on  processes  like  complement  coercion,  type-shifting,  and  lexical  metonymy  to  explain  specific  verbal  behaviors,  assume  that  aspectual  verbs  are  type-specific  in  their  semantic  selection  of  complements,  only  ever  taking  an  event  argument.  However,  Pinango  and  Deo  (2016)  introduce  the  first  of  many  behavioral  complexities  exhibited  by  these  verbs  in  their  novel  observations  of  their  varied  stative  (non-eventive)  interpretations,  reflecting  their  underlying  mereological  nature.  Based  on  this,  their  account,  the  Structured  Individual  Hypothesis  (SIH),  in  essence,  dissolves  the  event/entity  type  distinction  held  by  previous  researchers  and  assumes  instead  a  type-flexible  account  for  aspectual  verb  semantic  composition.  However,  while  the  mereological  framework  assumed  in  the  SIH  can  be  considered  fundamental  to  aspectual  verb  semantics  across  complement  types,  the  set  of  novel  empirical  evidence  put  forth  in  this  dissertation  shows  that  neither  the  SIH  nor  any  current  theory  is  sufficient  for  a  comprehensive  theory  of  all  aspectual  verb  behaviors.  As  these  theories  limit  their  scope  to  primarily  transitive  aspectual  verb  structures,  they  miss  generalizations  evident  when  considering  the  varied  argument  structures  these  verbs  may  appear  in  (including  z  began  x,  x  began,  x  began  with  y,  and  z  began  x  with  y).  Specifically,  the  novel  data  of  aspectual  verb  selective  transitivity  alternations  presented  here,  which  indicates  their  underlying  (anti-)causative  nature,  crucially  challenges  the  generality  of  the  SIH,  in  particular,  as  it  provides  significant  support  for  the  event/entity  type  distinction  in  aspectual  verb  composition.  The  linking  of  prior  (anti-)causation  accounts  to  aspectual  verb  behavior  aids  in  motivating  a  monadic  approach  to  their  semantic  argument  structure,  which  assumes  they  take  in  a  single  argument  in  their  base  form.  Furthermore,  previous  accounts  suffer  from  a  lack  of  the  fine-grained  semantic  formalism  necessary  to  account  for  the  varied  telicity  and  meanings  exhibited  across  these  verbs.  As  such,  this  dissertation  has  five  main  goals:  (1)  to  provide  a  comprehensive  review  of  prior  accounts,  (2)  to  examine  the  theoretical  challenges  to  each  in  light  of  novel  empirical  data,  (3)  to  link  aspectual  verb  behavior  to  a  monadic  non-derivational  non-lexical  (anti-)causation  account,  (4)  to  investigate  possible  expansions  of  each  prior  account,  and  (5)  to  propose  a  set  of  theoretically  well-motivated  formal  components  that  are  argued  to  be  necessary  to  incorporate  in  a  comprehensive  aspectual  verb  theory.
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