Linguistics 795 Lexical Semantics Reading List -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class Bibliography Class Bibliography: for complete cites, look here (postscript, pdf ). Class Reading List -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fillmore, C. (1967). "The Grammar of Hitting and Breaking". In Jacobs, R. and Rosenbaum, P. Readings in English Transformational Grammar. pp. 120--133. Levin, B. (1993). English Verb Classes and Alternations: A Preliminary Investigation. Introduction. pp. 1--23 Rosen, C. (1984). "The Interface Between Semantic Roles and Initial Syntactic Relations". pp. 38--80. Dowty, D. (1979). Word Meaning and Montague Grammar. Chapter 2, "The Semantics of Aspectual Classes of Verbs of English." pp. 37--132. Van Valin, R. (1990). "Semantic Parameters of Split Intransitivity". Language 66. pp 221--260. Tenny, C. (1992). "The Aspectual Interface Hypothesis." In Sag,I. and Szabolsci, A. (eds). Lexical Matters. pp. 1--28 Slobin, D.I. (to appear) "The Many Ways to Search for a Frog: Linguistic Typology and the Expression of Motion Events." In S. Stroemqvist and L. Verhoeven (eds) (2003). Relating Events in Narrative: Typological and Contextual Perspectives. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Talmy, L. (1985). "Lexicalization Patterns: Semantic Structures in Linguistic Forms." In Shopen, T. (Ed.) Language Typology and Syntactic Description, Vol 3. pp 57--149. Aske, J. (1989). "Path Predicates in English and Spanish", In Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, pp 1--14. Goldberg, A. (1995). Constructions: A Construction Grammar Approach to Argument Structure. pp ?? Excerpt on the Caused Motion Construction. Pinker, S. (1989). Learnability and Cognition: The Acquisition of Argument Structure (excerpt on contact verbs) pp. 1--61, 98--109,124--130. Richardson, J. (1983). "Smash Bang." In Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, pp 211--217. Choi, S. and M. Bowerman (1991). "Learning to Express Motion Events in English and Korean: The Influence of Language-Specific Lexicalization Patterns." In Cognition 41. pp. 83--121. Fillmore, C. J. (1977) "Topics in Lexical Semantics". In Cole, R. W. (ed.) Current Issues in Linguistic Theory. Fillmore, C. J. (1977). "Scenes-and-Frames Semantics". IN Zampolli, A. Linguistic Structures Processing. pp. 55--82. Fillmore, C. J. and Atkins, B. T. S." (1998)."FrameNet and Lexicographic Relevance." Baker, C. and Ruppenhof, B. T. S." (1994)."FrameNet's Frames versus Levin's Verb Classes." Background Readings (many available online) Semantic Determination of Argument Structure (Valence) Guerssel, M. et al. (1985). "A Cross- Linguistic Study of Transitivity Alternations." IN CLS 21: Papers from the Parasession on Causatives and Agentivity. pp. 48--63. Dahlstrom, A. (1983). "Agent-Patient Languages and Split Case Marking Systems." In Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, pp 37--46. Delancey, S. (1984). "Agentivity and Syntax". In CLS 21: Papers from the Parasession on Causatives and Agentivity. pp. 1--12. Delancey, S. (1983). "Agentivity and Causation: Data from Newari." In Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, pp. 54--63. Dowty, D. (1991) "Thematic Proto-Roles and Argument Selection." IN Language 67. pp. 547--619. Fukui, N., et al.(1985) "Verb Classes in English and Japanese. A Case Study in the Interaction of Syntax, Morphology, and Semantics." Gawron, J.M. (1983). Lexical Representations and the Semantics of Complementation. Garland. Grimshaw, J. (1990), Argument Structure. Jacobsen, W. (1984) "Morphosyntactic Transitivity and Semantic Markedness." In CLS 21: Papers from the Parasession on Causatives and Agentivity. pp. 89--104. Levin Levin,B. and M. Rappaport Hovav. (1999a) "Two Structures for Compositionally Derived Events." Levin,B. (1999b) "Objecthood: An Event Structure Perspective." Rappaport Hovav, M. and B. Levin. (2000) "An Event Structure Account of English Resultatives." Levin, B. and Rappaport Hovav, M. (2002a). "What Alternates in the Dative Alternation." Levin, B. and Rappaport Hovav, M. (2002b). "Semantic Determinants of Argument Expression: A View from the English Resultative Construction." J. Hay, C. Kennedy and B. Levin. (1999). "Scalar Structure Underlies Telicity in Degree Achievements." Levin, B. and M. Rappaport Hovav. (1999). "Two Types of Compositionally Derived Events." Levin, B. and M. Rappaport Hovav. (1996a). "From Lexical Semantics to Argument Realization." Rappaport Hovav, M. and B. Levin. (1996b). "Two Types of Derived Accomplishments." Goldberg, A. Bencini, G. and A. E.Goldberg (2000). "The Contribution of Argument Structure Constructions to Sentence Meaning." In Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society. Bencini, G. and Goldberg, A. E. (1999). "Constructions as the Main Determinants of Sentence Meaning." Journal of Memory and Languge 43. pp. 640--651. Goldberg, A. (1999). "The Emergence of Argument Structure Semantics." In The Emergence of Language. MacWhinney, B. (ed). Tenny, C. Tenny (online). "Aspectual Roles, Modularity, and Acquisition: With a Discussion of Contact Verbs". Tenny, C. (2000). "Core Events and Adverbial Modification." Tenny, C. (1995). "How Motion Verbs are Special: The Interaction of Semantic and Pragmatic Information in Aspectual Verb Meanings". Tenny, C. (1998). "Psych Verbs and Verbal Passives in Pittsburghese". Tenny, C. (1992). "The Aspectual Interface Hypothesis." DiSciullo, A. M. and C. Tenny (1998). "Modification, Event Structure, and the Word Phrase Asymmetry." Tenny, C. (1995). Modularity in Thematic Versus Aspectual Licensing: Paths and Moved Objects in Motion Verbs. Fillmore, C.J. Fillmore, C. (1968). "The Case for Case". IN Universals in Linguistic Theory. Bach. E. and Harms, R. (eds.) pp. 1--90. Fillmore, C. J. (1968) "Subjects, Speakers, and Roles." Foundations of Language 4: 373--393. Fillmore, C. J. (1970) "Lexical Entries for Verbs." Synthese 21: 251--274. Fillmore, C. (1977). "The Case for Case Reopened". In Cole, P. and Sadock, J. (eds.) Syntax and Semantics: Grammatical Relations. pp 59--81. Framenet Framenet Papers page Fillmore, C.J. (1977) Topics in Lexical Semantics.(in class reading list, excellent intro to scenes) Fillmore, C.J. (1977) Scenes-and-Frame Semantics. (in class reading list, excellent intro to frames) Baker, C. F. and Ruppenhofer, J. (2002) FrameNet's Frames vs. Levin's Verb Classes.(in class reading list, excellent comparison of two clasification schemes).