Aspectuality, telicity and the phrasal verb construction in English
Part One of the thesis describes the theoretical criteria needed for identifying and differentiating phrasal verbs, including lexical boundedness, phrasal telicity, durativity, thematic structure and lexical <I>aktionsart</I>. It takes Vendler's (1967) temporal analysis of situations, as adapted by Smith (1991), and applies this to phrasal verbs. It outlines how the constructional approach of Jackendoff (1997) may be adapted to establish the status of phrasal verb combinations (are they stored or are they built?). It then proceeds to develop a lexical-semantic taxonomy of transitive phrasal verb constructions. Part Two of the thesis describes these constructions in more detail. My main taxonomic subdivision, largely following Bolinger (1971) and Palmer (1974), is between directional and aspectual phrasal verb constructions. I conclude that directional phrasal verbs move an internal argument theme in the manner specified by the verb along the path specified by the particle, while aspectual phrasal verbs change an internal argument patient in the manner specified by the verb to an endpoint specified by the construction. I show the way in which these constructions contribute significantly to the temporal structure
Armstrong, K.
Aspectuality, telicity and the phrasal verb construction in English. Part One of the thesis describes the theoretical criteria needed for identifying and differentiating phrasal verbs, including lexical boundedness, phrasal telicity, durativity, thematic structure and lexical <I>aktionsart</I>. It takes Vendler's (1967) temporal analysis of situations, as adapted by Smith (1991), and applies this to phrasal verbs. It outlines how the constructional approach of Jackendoff (1997) may be adapted to establish the status of phrasal verb combinations (are they stored or are they built?). It then proceeds to develop a lexical-semantic taxonomy of transitive phrasal verb constructions. Part Two of the thesis describes these constructions in more detail. My main taxonomic subdivision, largely following Bolinger (1971) and Palmer (1974), is between directional and aspectual phrasal verb constructions. I conclude that directional phrasal verbs move an internal argument theme in the manner specified by the verb along the path specified by the particle, while aspectual phrasal verbs change an internal argument patient in the manner specified by the verb to an endpoint specified by the construction. I show the way in which these constructions contribute significantly to the temporal structure
phrasal verb construction english part_one describe theoretical criterion need identify differentiate phrasal verb include lexical phrasal thematic_structure lexical take temporal_analysis situation adapt smith apply phrasal verb outline constructional jackendoff may adapt establish status phrasal verb combination store build proceeds develop lexical_semantic taxonomy transitive phrasal verb construction part_two describes construction detail main taxonomic subdivision largely follow directional aspectual phrasal verb construction conclude directional phrasal verb move internal_argument theme manner specify verb along path specify particle aspectual phrasal verb change internal_argument patient manner specify verb specify construction show_way construction contribute significantly temporal structure