Perception verb complements in Akatek, a Mayan language

Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Chapter 1. Introduction 1
1. What we see and what we saywe see 2
2. Typology 8
2.1. Typological Classi cation 8
2.2. Investigation of cross-linguistic patterns 9
2.3. Holistic, partial and comparative typology 12
2.4. Summary 15
3. Data 15
4. Methodology 16
5. Goals and outline of chapters to come 18
Chapter 2. Perception verbs and their complements 21
1. The lexical eld 22
2. The hierarchy 25
3. Types of meaning extension 27
3.1. Extension along the hierarchy 27
3.2. From perception to cognition 28
3.3. Etymological evidence 33
3.4. Summary 35
4. Perception verb complements 35
4.1. Semantic properties 37
4.2. Structural properties 38
4.3. Non-PV matrix predicates 45
4.4. Summary 46
5. Conclusion 46
Chapter 3. Perception verb complements in English 49
1. Introduction 49
1.1. Structural types 49
1.2. Semantic types 54
1.3. Correlations 55
2. Matrix predicates 57
2.1. Narrow containers 59
v