By Beth Levin
ISBN-10: 0226475328
ISBN-13: 9780226475325
ISBN-10: 0226475336
ISBN-13: 9780226475332
During this wealthy reference paintings, Beth Levin classifies over 3,000 English verbs in accordance with shared which means and behaviour. Levin starts off with the speculation verb's that means affects its syntactic habit and develops it right into a strong device for learning the English verb lexicon. She exhibits how settling on verbs with comparable syntactic habit presents an efficient technique of distinguishing semantically coherent verb periods, and isolates those sessions through interpreting verb habit with admire to quite a lot of syntactic alternations that mirror verb that means. the 1st a part of the e-book units out exchange ways that verbs can exhibit their arguments. the second one provides sessions of verbs that percentage a kernel of that means and explores intimately the habit of every category, drawing at the alternations within the first half. Levin's dialogue of every type and alternation contains lists of suitable verbs, illustrative examples, reviews on noteworthy homes, and bibliographic references. the result's an unique, systematic photo of the association of the verb stock. effortless to exploit, English Verb sessions and Alternations units the degree for extra explorations of the interface among lexical semantics and syntax. it's going to turn out crucial for theoretical and computational linguists, psycholinguists, cognitive scientists, lexicographers, and academics of English as a moment language.
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7 Image Impression Alternation References: (203) hit, kick, knock, lash, pound, rap, slap, smack, smash (where no effect implicated), strike, tamp, tap. thump, thwack, whack Eraser (1971), Rappaport and B. Levin (1985) Brian hit the stick against the fence. a Alternating Verbs: Verbs of Image Impression: applique emboss, embroider, enpw etch, imprint, incise, inscribe, mark, paint, set, sign stamp tattoo . b Brian hit the fence with the stick. , a. b . (205) Non-Altemating vvrf/jOnly: a - The jeweller inscribed the name on the ring.
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B. stroke, tickle, touch , , , , (227) Stalk Verbs: smell, stalk, taste, track , , (228) a. b . c . I stalked the woods for game. , * I stalked for game in the woods. I stalked game in the woods. knife , (238) ' (229) Investigate Verbs: canvass, explore, examine, frisk, inspect, in tigate, observe, quiz, raid, ransack, riffle, scan, scrutinize, suo tap *- . strap, thrash . 1 (240) a. Alison poked Daisy in the ribs. b AlisonjDoked Daisy's ribs. teare : (241) _ * |Jreak Verbs; break, crack, crash, crush, fracture, rip a.
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