El + verb complex predicates in Hungarian
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7557/12.135Keywords:
Hungarian verbal particles, argument structure, telicity, directionality, resultativity, measure functionsAbstract
This paper investigates the structure of complex predicates comprising the verbal particle el- (`away') and a verb in Hungarian. I show that el- has different meaning contributions to the predication when combined with different types of verbs. I argue that despite the three seemingly unrelated meanings of el-, two uses involve the same lexical item. In these unifiable cases I analyze el- as a measure function that can measure in both the spatial and the temporal domains.Downloads
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2008-12-22
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