On the Common Format of Eventives and 'Too'-Comparatives
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https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2005.v9i0.717Abstract
Should events be conceived of as primitive or should they be decomposed into more basic elements with certain syntax? This talk presents new evidence for the latter view: If events are represented as contradictory propositional meanings representing their pre- and post states, a uniform analysis of certain eventive and certain too- comparative constructions is possible; this is wanted given striking parallels between the two types of structure. The analysis goes some way, among other, toward explaining ‘repetetive/restitutive’ asymmetries familiar from eventive constructions (von Stechow 1996) but similarly arising in too- comparative constructions.Downloads
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2019-08-19
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Brandt, P. (2019). On the Common Format of Eventives and ’Too’-Comparatives. Proceedings of Sinn Und Bedeutung, 9, 44–56. https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2005.v9i0.717
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