This volume offers a variety of perspectives on two of the main topics situated at the crossroads between lexical semantics and syntax, namely: (a) aspect and i

Examining the syntax and semantics of verbs from a crosslinguistic perspective, this book encompasses the full range of English verb classes, has a strong typol

The verb has often been considered the 'center' of the sentence and has hence always attracted the special attention of the linguist. The present volume collect

In this rich reference work, Beth Levin classifies over 3,000 English verbs according to shared meaning and behavior. Levin starts with the hypothesis that a ve

Syntax – the study of sentence structure – has been at the centre of generative linguistics from its inception and has developed rapidly and in various dire