The Roots of Verbal Meaning

The Roots of Verbal Meaning
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 277
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ISBN-10 : 9780198855781
ISBN-13 : 0198855788
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Book Synopsis The Roots of Verbal Meaning by : John Beavers

Download or read book The Roots of Verbal Meaning written by John Beavers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores possible and impossible word meanings, with a specific focus on the meanings of verbs. It presents a new theory of possible root meanings and their interaction with event templates that produces a new typology of possible verbs, with semantic and grammatical properties determined not just by templates, but also by roots.


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