A compositional account of the eventive/stative ambiguity of German causal von-modifiers  

Oleh:

Maienborn, Claudia ; Herdtfelder, Johanna

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: Proceedings of the 25th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference, held at Stanford University, May 15-17, 2015, page 163-183.
Topik: causation; modification; eventive/stative ambiguity; events; tropes; copula; adjectival semantics; coercion; holistic effect
Fulltext: 3061-4212-1-PB.pdf (330.15KB)

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The paper develops a compositional semantics of German causal vonmodifiers that derives eventive and stative readings of causal von from a single lexical entry and allows for coercive adaptions to account for the observed range of interpretive adjustments. Characteristic features of the interpretation such as the inferential behavior of causal von-modifiers and the holistic effect of the stative reading are explained as following from independently motivated conceptual assumptions concerning the spatiotemporal grounding of causation.

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