30.1976, Books: Dual aspectual forms and event structure in Caribbean English Creoles: Forbes-Barnett

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Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 14:26:52
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: Dual aspectual forms and event structure in Caribbean English Creoles: Forbes-Barnett

 


Title: Dual aspectual forms and event structure in Caribbean English
Creoles 
Series Title: Studies in Caribbean Languages  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org
	

Book URL: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/80 


Author: Marsha Forbes-Barnett

Electronic: ISBN:  9783961101122 Pages: 175 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access


Abstract:

This book tackles the divisive question of the Stative/Non-stative distinction
by going straight to the root of the lexical items that have been at the heart
of this discussion. It provides an analysis of property items (Dual Aspectual
Forms) couched in the syntax-semantics interface eliminating the false
dichotomy at the base of the controversy in the field and the suggestion that
a lexical item needs be unambiguously Stative or Non-stative. What we see in
this work is theoretical grounding for a flexible group of lexical items
comprising both verbs and adjectives underlyingly with allowances made for
derivation into either category. The result is a work that is conceptually and
theoretically appealing and one that brings consensus.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Semantics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Creole Dutch, Berbice (brc)
                     Creole English, Guyanese (gyn)
                     Creole English, Jamaican (jam)
                     Sranan Tongo (srn)


Written In: English  (eng)

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