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Individuation and semantic role interpretation in the adpositional domain

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Abstract

In this chapter we discuss the role of Individuation on semantic role interpretation in the adpositional domain. Taking the findings of Aristar (1996, 1997) for the case domain as our starting point we examine whether similar observations can be made for the adpositional domain. On the basis of a corpus study in Dutch we determine whether adpositions show restrictions on the animacy and semantic roles of their complements and whether there is a correlation between the two. Our results suggest that only low-frequency adpositions show typing restrictions whereas we observe much variation with high-frequency ones.

Abstract

In this chapter we discuss the role of Individuation on semantic role interpretation in the adpositional domain. Taking the findings of Aristar (1996, 1997) for the case domain as our starting point we examine whether similar observations can be made for the adpositional domain. On the basis of a corpus study in Dutch we determine whether adpositions show restrictions on the animacy and semantic roles of their complements and whether there is a correlation between the two. Our results suggest that only low-frequency adpositions show typing restrictions whereas we observe much variation with high-frequency ones.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Trans-duction 1
  5. Part I. Form and Meaning
  6. Types of transitivity, intransitive objects, and untransitivity – and the logic of their structural designs 15
  7. The interaction of transitivity features in the sinhala involitive 69
  8. Transitivity in Chinese experiencer object verbs 95
  9. Non-zero/non-zero alternations in differential object marking 119
  10. Part II. Acquisition and processing
  11. Children and transitivity 143
  12. Grammatical transitivity vs. interpretive distinctness 161
  13. Part III. Transitivity and diathesis
  14. The space between one and two 191
  15. Event-structure and individuation in impersonal passives 209
  16. Part IV. Crosslinguistic and crosscategorical considerations
  17. Lability and spontaneity 237
  18. Transitivity of deverbal nominals and aspectual modifiers of the verbal stem (evidence from Russian) 257
  19. Individuation and semantic role interpretation in the adpositional domain 279
  20. Language index 301
  21. Subject index 303
Transitivity
This chapter is in the book Transitivity
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.166.12les

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Trans-duction 1
  5. Part I. Form and Meaning
  6. Types of transitivity, intransitive objects, and untransitivity – and the logic of their structural designs 15
  7. The interaction of transitivity features in the sinhala involitive 69
  8. Transitivity in Chinese experiencer object verbs 95
  9. Non-zero/non-zero alternations in differential object marking 119
  10. Part II. Acquisition and processing
  11. Children and transitivity 143
  12. Grammatical transitivity vs. interpretive distinctness 161
  13. Part III. Transitivity and diathesis
  14. The space between one and two 191
  15. Event-structure and individuation in impersonal passives 209
  16. Part IV. Crosslinguistic and crosscategorical considerations
  17. Lability and spontaneity 237
  18. Transitivity of deverbal nominals and aspectual modifiers of the verbal stem (evidence from Russian) 257
  19. Individuation and semantic role interpretation in the adpositional domain 279
  20. Language index 301
  21. Subject index 303
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