Beth Levin's English Verbs Classes and Alternations

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Author: Katrin Shams-Eddien ISBN: 9783638173544
Publisher: GRIN Verlag Publication: February 23, 2003
Imprint: GRIN Verlag Language: English
Author: Katrin Shams-Eddien
ISBN: 9783638173544
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Publication: February 23, 2003
Imprint: GRIN Verlag
Language: English

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, Free University of Berlin (Anglistics), course: Seminar Verb classes and alternations, 1 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: [...] 'This work is guided by the assumption that the behaviour of verb, particularly with respect to the expression and interpretation of its arguments, is to a large extent determined by its meaning.' (Levin 1993) [Levin tries to develop a system which enables the speaker to determine the behaviour of a verb by its meaning] Levin points out that a native speaker is able to make subtle judgements about the syntactic behaviour of a verb. She hypothesises that it is the meaning of the verb which enables the speaker to make such judgements about a verb's syntactic behaviour. //In particular, the ability of a verb to exist in certain syntactic frames or constructions (see examples below) is sensitive to certain components of meaning. The book aims to establish the relevant components of meaning, and thereby classify the English verbs into classes of shared behaviour and meaning. Levin (1993:.. following ... 1987) uses the verb 'gally' - a nearly obsolete whaling term little-known to native speakers - to illustrate this relationship between a verb's meaning and its syntactic behaviour. [...]

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Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, Free University of Berlin (Anglistics), course: Seminar Verb classes and alternations, 1 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: [...] 'This work is guided by the assumption that the behaviour of verb, particularly with respect to the expression and interpretation of its arguments, is to a large extent determined by its meaning.' (Levin 1993) [Levin tries to develop a system which enables the speaker to determine the behaviour of a verb by its meaning] Levin points out that a native speaker is able to make subtle judgements about the syntactic behaviour of a verb. She hypothesises that it is the meaning of the verb which enables the speaker to make such judgements about a verb's syntactic behaviour. //In particular, the ability of a verb to exist in certain syntactic frames or constructions (see examples below) is sensitive to certain components of meaning. The book aims to establish the relevant components of meaning, and thereby classify the English verbs into classes of shared behaviour and meaning. Levin (1993:.. following ... 1987) uses the verb 'gally' - a nearly obsolete whaling term little-known to native speakers - to illustrate this relationship between a verb's meaning and its syntactic behaviour. [...]

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