On Manner/Result Complementarity
On Manner/Result Complementarity
Author(s): Adam BiałySubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: lexicon; event structure; verbal prefixes; manner; result
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to discuss the Manner/Result Complementarity (Levin and Rappaport Hovav 1991, 2006) as one of the restrictions on the construal of lexical meaning at the level of lexicon-syntax interface from the perspective of Polish. The investigation of the manner/result complementarity provides good ground for the analysis of the nature of the relationship between the lexical meaning of a verb and the associated syntactic projection of a verb phrase. The investigation of Polish examples in the paper is presented as a test for the cross-linguistic validity of the complementarity. In the course of the discussion, the role of morphological marking is integrated into the analysis as reflecting the lexicalization pattern of Polish result verbs.
Journal: Studies in Polish Linguistics
- Issue Year: 8/2013
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 151-171
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
