Construct · 1 fields · 1 citations

event structure: a standalone construct

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Semantics

the internal makeup of the events verbs describe, analysed as states, processes and transitions built from subevents, which constrains argument realization.

In semantics, event structure refers to the internal makeup of the events verbs describe, analysed as states, processes and transitions built from subevents, which constrains argument realization. This meaning comes from Pustejovsky (1991) in Cognition.[1]

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argument3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs cognition4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs event structure analysis1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Pustejovsky, J. (1991). The syntax of event structure. Cognition, 41(1-3), 47-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0277(91)90032-y

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