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On Manner/Result Complementarity

Publication date: 02.04.2014

Studies in Polish Linguistics, Volume 8 (2013), Vol. 8, Issue 4, pp. 151 - 171

https://doi.org/10.4467/23005920SPL.13.008.1689

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Adam Biały
University of Wrocław, plac Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland
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On Manner/Result Complementarity

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The aim of the paper is to discuss the Manner/Result Complementarity (Levin and Rappaport Hovav 1991, 2006) as one of the restrictions on the construal of lexical meaning at the level of lexicon-syntax interface from the perspective of Polish. The investigation of the manner/result complementarity provides good ground for the analysis of the nature of the relationship between the lexical meaning of a verb and the associated syntactic projection of a verb phrase. The investigation of Polish examples in the paper is presented as a test for the cross-linguistic validity of the complementarity. In the course of the discussion, the role of morphological marking is integrated into the analysis as refl ecting the lexicalization pattern of Polish result verbs.

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Information: Studies in Polish Linguistics, Volume 8 (2013), Vol. 8, Issue 4, pp. 151 - 171

Article type: Original article

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On Manner/Result Complementarity

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University of Wrocław, plac Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland

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