Identifying Syntactically Relevant Units of Meaning
Identifying Syntactically Relevant Units of Meaning
Identifying Syntactically Relevant Units of Meaning
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Levin’s (2003)<br />
Projectionist Approach<br />
Verb meaning<br />
Root<br />
(idiosyncratic part)<br />
Constant<br />
(Structural part, LCS, event structure)<br />
- Core meaning - combinations <strong>of</strong> primitive predicates<br />
- Not relevant for grammatical behavior - relevant for grammatical behavior<br />
- Number is in principle open-ended - limited set <strong>of</strong> possible event structures<br />
See also Rappaport Hovav & Levin (1998, 2001), Levin & Rappaport Hovav (2005)<br />
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