Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ532562
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Semantic Relationships Between Verbs and Their Arguments.
Maleczki, Marta
Language Sciences, v18 n1-2 p429-42 Jan-Apr 1996
Suggests that there are universal constraints that explain the so-called "Definiteness Effect," i.e., the fact that certain constructions do not allow for definite arguments in certain positions. The article founds its proposal on the analysis of data from Hungarian and English. (15 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Hungarian, Language Universals, Models, Nouns, Phrase Structure, Semantics, Verbs
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Note: Special issue: Contrastive Semantics and Pragmatics, Volume 1: Meanings and Representations.
