Morpholexical Transparency and the argument structure of verbs of cutting and breaking

Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-177

  Bohnemeyer, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Argument structure; Cut and break; Lexicon syntax interface; Separation events; Typology; Verb semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848921453     PISSN: 09365907     EISSN: 16133641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/COG.2007.006     Document Type: Article

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