| Acknowledgments |
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| List of Figures |
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| List of Tables |
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| List of Symbols |
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| Abbreviations |
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1 Introduction: the argument of this book |
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1.1 Overview: the relationship between syntax and semantics |
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1.2 Predicate argument structures |
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1.3 The metaphysics of thematic roles |
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1.4 The structure of this book |
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| Part I: Research programme |
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27 | (2) |
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2 A Culturalistic Pragmatist research programme |
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36 | (16) |
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2.1.1 On research programmes in general |
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36 | (4) |
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2.1.2 The need for a new research programme |
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40 | (12) |
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2.2 A new research programme |
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52 | (26) |
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2.2.1 The subject matter of the programme |
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52 | (1) |
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2.2.2 The "individual" level in the model |
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53 | (2) |
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2.2.3 Observable facts, observations, and heuristics |
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55 | (11) |
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2.2.4 Implementing the data level |
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66 | (5) |
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2.2.5 Excursus: converging evidence |
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71 | (2) |
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2.2.6 Multidisciplinarity |
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73 | (2) |
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2.2.7 Species, community, and sciences |
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75 | (3) |
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2.3 Excursus: a brief sketch of "Chomskyan Linguistics" |
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78 | (5) |
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2.4 Action theory grounded in lifeworld differentiations |
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83 | (11) |
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94 | (3) |
| Part II: Grounding the linking competence in sub competences |
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97 | (214) |
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99 | (1) |
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3 Perception, conceptualization, and action |
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100 | (211) |
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100 | (29) |
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3.1.1 Grounding the talk about perception in practical differentiations |
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101 | (4) |
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3.1.2 The significance of perception for the linking competence |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (17) |
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107 | (2) |
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3.1.3.2 The lateral geniculate nucleus and the primary visual cortex |
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109 | (1) |
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3.1.3.3 The integration of basic visual features |
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110 | (5) |
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3.1.3.4 Two visual pathways |
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115 | (3) |
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3.1.3.5 Motion/movement perception |
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118 | (3) |
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3.1.3.6 The embodied nature of the percept |
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121 | (2) |
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3.1.4 Determinants in identification (I) |
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123 | (6) |
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3.1.4.1 Salience and the power of the stimulus |
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127 | (2) |
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3.2 Identification and conceptualization: actional notions and their grounding |
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129 | (77) |
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3.2.1 Identification in perception and conceptualization for action |
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130 | (41) |
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3.2.1.1 Determinants in identification (II): pertinence and the power of the perceiver |
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137 | (6) |
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3.2.1.2 Features, affordances, relations, and the power of frequency |
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143 | (10) |
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3.2.1.3 Causality as the enhancement of constant conjunctions and stimulus generalization |
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153 | (9) |
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3.2.1.4 The actor/cognizer as (limited/self serving) pragmatic |
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162 | (9) |
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3.2.2 Action competence and intersubjectivity |
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171 | (16) |
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3.2.2.1 Action competence |
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172 | (7) |
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3.2.2.2 Intersubjectivity and understanding action |
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179 | (4) |
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3.2.2.3 Reasons and causes |
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183 | (4) |
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3.2.3 The significance of attribution for the linking competence |
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187 | (5) |
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3.2.4 Case study: attribution in precarious events |
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3.2.4.1 The research project "Syntax of Hessian Dialects (SyHD)" |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (3) |
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198 | (2) |
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200 | (2) |
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202 | (4) |
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3.3 The conceptualization of spatial relations and their coding in language |
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206 | (74) |
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3.3.1 The significance of spatial relation conceptualization and coding |
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209 | (6) |
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3.3.2 Motivation and exploitation in trajector/landmark syntactic structure mappings |
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215 | (22) |
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3.3.3 Hypostatization and the relationship between trajector/landmark and thing/circumstance |
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237 | (13) |
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3.3.3.1 Conceptual metaphor and the status of target domain "concepts" |
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237 | (4) |
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3.3.3.2 Affordances again |
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241 | (2) |
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3.3.3.3 Competing motivations, instances, and generalizations |
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243 | (6) |
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3.3.3.4 How linguistic° hypostatization feeds back to conceptualization |
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249 | (1) |
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3.3.4 The status of spatial schemas: what relational expressions designate |
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250 | (9) |
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3.3.5 Manner and path in relational expressions |
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259 | (3) |
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3.3.6 Fixing reference in acquisition |
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262 | (3) |
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3.3.7 Fixing reference in motivated and exploited language use |
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265 | (7) |
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3.3.8 Limits of hypostatization |
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272 | (2) |
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3.3.9 Spatial relations and syntactic constructions |
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274 | (6) |
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3.4 The grounding of temporal relations and their coding in language |
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280 | (25) |
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3.4.1 Temporal relations and their significance |
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281 | (2) |
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3.4.2 Syntactic structures suggesting another adicity than there is conceptually |
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283 | (3) |
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3.4.3 The temporal organization of circumstances in sensation |
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286 | (2) |
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3.4.4 The temporal organization of circumstances in identification/conceptualization |
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288 | (2) |
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3.4.5 The temporal organization of circumstances in attribution |
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290 | (2) |
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3.4.6 Coding the temporal organization of circumstances |
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292 | (5) |
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3.4.7 Transitions and the identity of states, processes, and activities |
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297 | (3) |
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3.4.8 "Event headedness", "co composition", and "boundedness" |
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300 | (5) |
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3.5 On the significance of verbs and circumstances |
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305 | (3) |
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308 | (3) |
| Part III: The linking competence |
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311 | (162) |
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313 | (1) |
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4 Linking syntax and semantics |
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313 | (156) |
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4.1 The division of labor of the formal constituents |
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317 | (47) |
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4.1.1 The "bare" construction (irrespective of inflectional morphology) |
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318 | (3) |
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4.1.2 The "bare" noun in the NP and PP (irrespective of inflectional morphology) |
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321 | (4) |
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4.1.3 The "bare" verb (plus preposition) (irrespective of inflectional morphology) |
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325 | (5) |
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4.1.4 Agreement morphology |
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330 | (2) |
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332 | (3) |
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335 | (28) |
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335 | (11) |
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4.1.6.2 Case study: the German dative |
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346 | (17) |
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4.1.7 The multilayered instruction |
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363 | (1) |
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4.2 Reducing the remaining formal underspecification |
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364 | (11) |
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4.2.1 The PSC preference as an epiphenomenon of a (responsible) causer preference |
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365 | (3) |
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4.2.2 Animacy and the RCP |
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368 | (2) |
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4.2.3 Individuation and the RCP |
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370 | (2) |
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372 | (1) |
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4.2.5 Empathy and the RCP |
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373 | (1) |
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4.2.6 The RCP and indexical instructions |
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374 | (1) |
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4.3 Linking in performance |
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375 | (28) |
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4.3.1 Motivated construction conceptualization mappings |
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376 | (6) |
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4.3.2 The utterance as instruction obeying the instruction |
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382 | (13) |
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4.3.3 The utterance as instruction building up the instruction |
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395 | (8) |
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4.4 Some German linking phenomena |
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403 | (53) |
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4.4.1 "Unergative" versus "unaccusative" constructions |
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404 | (7) |
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411 | (9) |
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4.4.3 Conditions on passivization and imperativization |
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420 | (4) |
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4.4.4 The dative alternation |
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424 | (6) |
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4.4.5 The locative alternation |
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430 | (4) |
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4.4.6 The conative alternation |
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434 | (5) |
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4.4.7 The partitive alternation |
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439 | (5) |
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4.4.8 Resultative constructions |
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444 | (4) |
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448 | (7) |
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4.4.10 A note on coercion |
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455 | (1) |
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4.5 Future prospects: predictions and consequences |
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456 | (11) |
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467 | (2) |
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469 | (4) |
| Glossary |
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473 | (10) |
| Appendix: The status of traditional semantic notions in the present theory |
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483 | (6) |
| References |
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489 | (32) |
| Subject Index |
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