基本説明
This monograph investigates the temporal properties of those predicates referring to individuals – the so-called individual-level (IL) predicates – in contrast to those known as stage-level (SL) predicates. Many of the traditional tenets attributed to the IL/SL dichotomy are not solidly founded, this book claims, as it examines current theoretical issues concerning the syntax/semantic interface such as the relation between semantics properties of predicates and their syntactic structure.
Full Description
This monograph investigates the temporal properties of those predicates referring to individuals - the so-called individual-level (IL) predicates - in contrast to those known as stage-level (SL) predicates. Many of the traditional tenets attributed to the IL/SL dichotomy are not solidly founded, this book claims, as it examines current theoretical issues concerning the syntax/semantics interface such as the relation between semantic properties of predicates and their syntactic structure. By using the contrast found in Spanish copular clauses (ser vs. estar), Individuals in Time shows that the conception of IL predicates as permanent and stative cannot be maintained. The existence of nonstative IL predicates is demonstrated through analyzing the correlation between the syntactic presence of certain projections (specifically, prepositional complements) and process-like aspect properties. This detailed examination of IL predicates in the domains of inner aspect, outer aspect, and tense will be welcomed by scholars and students with an interest in event structure, tense, and aspect.
Contents
1. Acknowledgments; 2. Foreword, by Tim Stowell; 3. Presentation of the Study; 4. Individual-Level Predicates; 5. Event Classes and Individual-Level Predicates; 6. Aspectual Alternations in Individual-Level Predicates; 7. Outer Aspect and Individual-Level Predicates; 8. Tense and Individual-Level Predicates; 9. Conclusions and Final Remarks; 10. References; 11. Name Index; 12. Subject Index
