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The event structure of perception verbs /

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This study examines the semantics and syntactic behaviour of perception verbs such as look, see, taste, hear, feel, sound and listen. It considers their meanings, modality, and irregularity, and examines the kinds of polysemy they exhibit. It offers new insights on lexical causation, evidentiality,...

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Main Author: Gisborne, Nikolas, 1966-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:Oxford linguistics.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb.
Verbe (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb
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