The roots of verbal meaning / / John Beavers and Andrew Koontz-Garboden.

This book explores possible and impossible word meanings, with a specific focus on the meanings of verbs. It presents a new theory of possible root meanings and their interaction with event templates that produces a new typology of possible verbs, with semantic and grammatical properties determined...

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Superior document:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 74
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Place / Publishing House:Oxford : : Oxford University Press,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2020
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 74.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages) :; illustrations
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Summary:This book explores possible and impossible word meanings, with a specific focus on the meanings of verbs. It presents a new theory of possible root meanings and their interaction with event templates that produces a new typology of possible verbs, with semantic and grammatical properties determined not just by templates, but also by roots.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0192597795
0191889415
Access:This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence.
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: John Beavers and Andrew Koontz-Garboden.