Event Structure
Jan van Voorst
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 59] 1988. x, 181 pp.
Jan van Voorst
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jan van Voorst plays a role.
Title
Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
1995 The Semantic Structure of Causative Constructions Studies in Language 19:2, pp. 489–523 | Article
This paper shows that an adequate semantic analysis of causative transitive constructions with verbs like break, turn and roll has to take into account two phenomena: 1) semantic specification, and 2) change of state or accomplishment. These two phenomena are not at all specific to this type of… read more
1993 Against a Composite Analysis of Certain Causative Constructions Perspectives on Language and Conceptualization, Nuyts, Jan and Eric Pederson (eds.), pp. 145–165 | Article