Goal-Source Asymmetry and Russian Spatial Prefixes
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Goal-Source Asymmetry and Russian Spatial Prefixes
In this paper, I draw on data from Russian to argue for an asymmetry between Goal and Source prepositional phrases. Source prepositional phrases are structurally ambiguous; they can occur both as arguments and adjuncts in certain syntactic contexts. Goal prepositional phrases are unambiguously arguments. I claim that Source prepositions have lexically specified semantics, which determines their...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nordlyd
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1503-8599
DOI: 10.7557/12.81