Elucidation of a telic infinitive  

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Whelpton, Matthew

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Linguistics (Full Text & ada di PROQUEST & JSTOR) vol. 37 no. 2 (Jun. 2001), page 313-337.
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In this paper, I consider the semantics of a modi®er in®nitive in English, related to the more widely discussed Rationale Clause (see especially Faraci 1974, Jones 1991). I argue that the semantics of this in®nitive (a Telic Clause) derives from the properties of the predicate which heads it (telos). I characterize telos, within a Davidsonian event semantics, as a pure relation between events and argue against the view that the word only, which often prefaces the Telic Clause, is in fact the head of the construction. I explore the conditions on reference which apply to telos. As well as offering an account of a little-discussed construction, therefore, this paper is intended as a contribution to our understanding of the place of argument structure in event semantics.

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