Novedad bibliografica: ARCHE, M. J. Individuals in Time. Tense, aspect and the individual/stage distinction

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Novedad bibliográfica:
ARCHE, María J. 2006. Individuals in Time. Tense, aspect and the
individual/stage distinction. Amsterdam/Philadelphia (Linguistik
Aktuell/Linguistics Today 94, xiv, 281 pp., 115.00 euros, US $138.00)
Compra-e: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LA%2094
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Resumen:

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.


Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword, by Tim Stowell

Chapter 1
Presentation of the Study

Chapter 2
Individual-Level Predicates
2.1 Proposals about the Individual-Level/Stage-Level Dichotomy
2.1.1 The IL/ SL Distinction as a Semantic Distinction. Milsark (1974)
and Carlson (1977). Introduction to the Tests Discerning the IL /SL
Status
2.1.2 The IL /SL Dichotomy as a Syntactic Distinction. Kratzer (1988, 1995)
2.1.3 IL Predicates as Inherently Generic Predicates. Chierchia (1995)
2.1.4 The IL /SL Contrast as a Categorical /Thetic Distinction. Raposo
and Uriagereka (1995); Higginbotham and Ramchand (1996)
2.1.5 Summary of Section 2.1
2.2. When There Is More Than One Copular Verb: Spanish Ser and Estar
2.2.1 Distribution of Copular Verbs in Spanish
2.2.2 Ser and Estar as an Aspectual Differentiation
2.2.3 Summary of Section 2.2
2.3. The Structure of Copular Constructions
2.4 Summary of the Chapter

Chapter 3
Event Classes and Individual-Level Predicates
3.1. Inner Aspect and Event Types
3.1.1 Inner Aspect
3.1.2 Event Types and Event Structure
3.1.3 Summary of Section 3.1
3.2. A Brief Stop at "Agentivity"
3.2.1 A Cluster of Notions
3.2.2 Agents in Event Structure
3.2.3 Summary of Section 3.2
3.3 Aspectual Differences among Individual- Level Predicates
3.3.1 Aspectual Tests on IL Predicate
3.3.2 Summary of Section 3.3
3.4. States and Activities: A Grammatically Relevant Difference?
3.4.1 Similarities between Activities and States
3.4.2 Differences between Activities and States
3.4.3 Some Confusing Arguments in Defense of a State/Activity Distinction
3.4.4 Summary of Section 3.4
3.5. Summary of the Chapter


Chapter 4
Aspectual Alternations in Individual-Level Predicates

4.1 Previous Explanations of Nonstative Copular Clauses
4.1.1 The Two- Copulas Hypothesis
4.1.2 Be as a Copula Shifting a State into an Activity
4.1.3 Adjectives Predicated of an Implicit Event Argument
4.2 Adjectival Predicates Showing an Activity-like Behavior
4.2.1 Lexical Semantic Classes of Adjectives
4.2.2 Summary of Section 4.2
4.3 Relational Mental Properties. The Relational PP Complement
4.3.1 On the Interpretation of the Relational PP
4.3.2 On the Optionality of the (Affected) Goal PP
4.3.3 The Relational PP with Other APs
4.3.4 Summary of Section 4.3
4.4 The Issue: Aspectual Alternation in IL Copular Clauses
4.5 Justifying the Approach
4.5.1 Lexicalist and Logico-Semantic Approaches
4.5.2 Syntactic Approaches
4.5.3 Summary of Section 4.5
4.6 An Account Based on the Relational PP Complement
4.6.1 Prepositions as Aspect Encoders
4.6.2 The Preposition Introducing the "(Affected) Goal": An Activity Inductor
4.6.3 The DP Subject of Relational MPs
4.6.4 Summary of Section 4.6
4.7. The Cruel-type as a Small Clause Integrant
4.7.1 Cruel-type Small Clauses Taken by Verbs Other Than the Copula
4.7.2 Summary of Section 4.7
4.8. Summary of the Chapter


Chapter 5
Outer Aspect and Individual-Level Predicates

5.1 Tense and Aspect as Ordering Predicates
5.1.1 Tense. Stowell (1993, 1996)
5.1.2 The Internal Argument of Tense: The External Argument of Aspect.
Aspect as an Ordering Predicate
5.2 Aspect as a Quantifier over Occasions
5.2.1 Quantifying over Occasions
5.2.2 The Habitual Interpretation: Iteration, Proportion, and Systematicity
5.2.3 On the Relation between the TT and the Habitual Q<occ>
5.3 Inner and Outer Aspect
5.3.1 Habitual Heterogeneous Predications
5.3.2 Perfective Homogeneous Predications
5.4. A Brief Summary of Aspect Notions
5.5 Adjectival Individual-Level Predicates and Viewpoint Aspect
5.5.1 The Imperfect and Adjectival IL Predicates
5.5.2 The Perfective and Adjectival IL Predicates
5.5.3 The Progressive and Adjectival IL Predicates
5.6. Summary of the Chapter


Chapter 6
Tense and Individual-Level Predicates

6.1 Temporal Interpretation as a Consequence of Argument Structure.
Kratzer (1988, 1995)
6.2 Differentiating Temporal Extensions of IL Predicates
6.2.1 Permanent IL Predicates
6.2.2 Nonpermanent IL Predicates
6.2.3 Brief Notes about the Complement of Mental Properties APs
6.2.4 Summary of Section 6.2
6.3 The Arising of Lifetime Effects
6.3.1 Necessary Conditions for Lifetime Effects
6.3.2 Introducing the Determining Role of Contextual Factors. Musan (1995, 1997)
6.3.3 The Content of the T T in the Arising of Lifetime Readings
6.4 The Determination of the T T Content and Lifetime Effects
6.4.1 When the Subject Is a Q DP
6.4.2 Context Associated to Individuals
6.4.3 Articulating the Account
6.4.4 Summary of Section 6.4
6.5 The Lifetime Reading in Compound Sentences
6.5.1 Complement Clauses
6.5.2 Relative Clauses
6.6. Summary of the Chapter


Chapter 7
Conclusions and Final Remarks

7.1. Summary of the Conclusions
7.2. The IL/SL Dichotomy and the Ser/Estar Contrast
7.3. The IL/SL Dichotomy Is Not a Permanent/Episodic Distinction
7.4. The IL/SL Distinction Is Not a Matter of Inner Aspect…Completely
7.5. Outer Aspect Does Not Affect the IL/SL Distinction
7.6. Recasting the IL/SL Distinction
7.7. Some Remaining Questions
7.8. Summary

References
Name Index
Subject Index


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