Year: 1996
Type: article
Abstract: APA.e3x[P(e) II Pat(e,x) II letter'(x)]a cart [obj, pat] =:> J.PAe3x[P(e) II Pat(e,x) II cart'(x)] milk [obj , pat] =* J.PAe3x[P(e) II Pat(e,x) II milk'(x)] letters [obj , pat] =* J.PAe3x[p(e) II Pat(e,x) II letters'(x)] write a letter =* t..e 3x[write'(e) II Pat(e,x) II letter'(x)] drink milk =* t..e 3x[drink'(e) II Pat(e,x) II milk'(x)) write letters =* t..e 3x[write'(e) II Pat(e,x) II letters'(x)] push a cart =* t..e 3x[push'(e) II Pat(e,x) II cart'(x)]The different behavior of predicates like "write a letter," "dri nk milk," "write letters" and "push a cart" with respect to durational adverbs is expected once we assume that the predicates of the translation language meet the fol lowing properties ( we differ from Krifka in stating mapping to objects only for non-iterative predicates): QUA(letter') ..., QUA(letters ') ..., QUA(milk') Mapping to Objects for non iterative predicates (applied to drink' and write'): VeVe 'Vx[(write ' (e) II Pat(e,x) II e'Ce) --3x '(x'o.II Pat(e',x'»)) VeVe'Vx[(drink'(e) II Pat(e,x) II e'Ce) --3x'fx'Cx II Pat( e',x')]] IIf x is the patient of a writing/drinking event e and e' is a proper subpart of e, there is a proper subpart of x that is the pati ent of e') Uniqueness of Objects (appl ied to drink' and write'): VeVxVx'«write'(e) II Pat( e,x) II Pat( e,x'» --x=x') VeVxVx'«drink"(e) II Pat(e,x) II Pat(e,x'» -+ x""x') IIf x is the patient of a writing/drinking event e and so is x', x is the same as x')An immediate consequence of these assumptions is this:Cl.The predicate wriTe tJ leuer is quantized.
Authors: Sandro Zucchi, Michael White
Institution: Cornell University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1523228096