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Identifying Syntactically Relevant Units of Meaning

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Stuff-verbs<br />

• Verbs that fit the semantic characterization <strong>of</strong> stuff-verbs<br />

don’t exhibit similar syntactic behavior, e.g. squeeze<br />

(10) a. Dawn stuffed the turkey with breadcrumbs.<br />

b. Dawn stuffed breadcrumbs into the turkey.<br />

(11) a. *Christian squeezed the turkey with breadcrumbs.<br />

b. Christian squeezed breadcrumbs into the turkey.<br />

Why does lexical rule apply to stuff but not to squeeze?<br />

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