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Cognate Objects in English - GWDG

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COs as Concrete Events<br />

event object<br />

concrete !<br />

abstract<br />

(6) Harry lived [a happy life]. = Harry lived happily.<br />

Jones’ properties:<br />

◮ manner paraphrase<br />

◮ <strong>in</strong>def<strong>in</strong>ite NP<br />

◮ no passive<br />

◮ obligatory modification<br />

Analysis (Moltmann, 1989; Mittwoch, 1998):<br />

◮ CO and verb refer to the same eventuality.<br />

◮ bound by the same existential quantifier → <strong>in</strong>def<strong>in</strong>ite<br />

Potential problems for a complement analysis:<br />

◮ passive<br />

◮ obligatory modification<br />

Manfred Sailer (Gött<strong>in</strong>gen) <strong>Cognate</strong> <strong>Objects</strong> HPSG 2010 16 / 39

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