In this article we develop a semantic typology of gradable predicates, with special emphasis
on deverbal adjectives. We argue for the linguistic relevance of this typology by …

The distinction between telic and atelic predicates has been described in terms of the
algebraic properties of their meaning since the early days of modeltheoretic semantics. This …

So-called" degree achievements"(DAs), such as widen, lengthen, cool, dry, and straighten,
have long caused problems for theories of aspectual classification, be cause they constitute …

Aquesta tesi tracta de les propietats relacionals de la sintaxi i la semàntica de l'estructura
argumental. En especial, estudio la relació entre l'estructura argumental i la descomposició …

This article documents and analyzes a pattern of backward subject control in the Nakh-
Daghestanian language Tsez. In backward control two subject arguments are coindexed but …

Recent discussions of Slavic perfective aspect commonly make two assumptions: First,
perfective verb forms are semantically quantized, or, to use other terms, telic or event …

An issue of interest to work in areas ranging from lexical semantics to natural lan guage
processing (especially automatic text generation) to language pedagogy is the semantics of …

This paper presents a cross-linguistic survey of the interpretations that decomposition
adverbs like again permit. The survey distinguishes two different types of predicates that are …

En One mind, two languages JL Nicol recopila articulos de diferentes autores que guardan
relacion con investigaciones actuales en el ambito del procesamiento linguistico tanto en …

This chapter discusses the development of English verb morphology as it emerges from a
study of 46 Dutch and French-speaking learners of English as a second language, particular …