1. Lexicalized meaning and the internal temporal structure of events
1. Lexicalized meaning and the internal temporal structure of events
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1. 事件的词汇化意义和内部时间结构
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2008
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Malka Rappaport Hovav
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Malka Rappaport Hovav
This paper addresses the question of whether the four-way Vendler classification is appropriate for verbs or VPs. It suggests that the Vendler classification is not appropriate as a classification of verbs, and offers a different classification for the elements of lexicalized meaning which determine the aspectual potential of verbs. It highlights the importance of a class of verbs with a lexically encoded scale, illustrating that a large class of scalar verbs cannot be classified once and for all either as activities, accomplishments or achievements, though the lexically encoded scale accounts for most of the aspectual behavior of these verbs. The aspectual and syntactic significance of a lexicalized scale is explored. The class of verbs lexicalizing a scale is shown not to be the same as the class of verbs selecting an incremental theme. This is justified both on semantic grounds and on syntactic grounds. There appears to be more justification for recognizing the four-way Vendler classification at the VP level, though it is demonstrated that accomplishments do not have a uniform internal temporal structure, predominantly because of the variety of sources of incremental structure.