Semelfactives are bigger than degree achievements
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Year of publication | 2018 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
Magazine / Source | Natural Language & Linguistic Theory |
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Web | link to the publisher's page with the article |
Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11049-018-9434-z |
Keywords | Semelfactives, Degree Achievements, Nanosyntax, Phrasal spell-out, Slavic verbs |
Description | The article discusses the Czech and Polish verbs with the theme -nu- and proposes a novel analysis according to which the theme is decomposed into two separate morphemes: N - akin to a light verb - and U, the actual theme. The analysis uses the Nanosyntactic framework. |