In this paper, we put forward a semantic analysis of constructions prepositional phrases introduced by the preposition para with locative meaning combined verbs ser, estar and ficar. proposal, characterise these regarding properties individual-level/ stage-level, modal reading, vagueness location, as well restrictions imposed on subject related to some lexical features, in particular [movable] ...

This paper provides experimental evidence from German and English against the view that a goal to/zu-PP in combination with motion verb designates is reached. We propose to/zu have modal meaning, responsible for defeasibility of inference argue type subjects (intentional agent vs. accidental or theme) determines flavor (necessity) encoded by preposition (teleological circumstantial), which allo...

The present paper pays a special attention to such terms as “concept” and “conceptual field”, which play an extremely important role in understanding the processes of conceptualization reality human cognition. interpretation conceptual field fixed grouping typologically semantically homogeneous hierarchically arranged concepts is substantiated study. principles modeling “Glück” German language ...

During a revisit to modal identification in the past three decades, an overview of the major developments and issues in modal identification is motivated. A brief review on the progress from Single-Input/Single-Output (SISO), Single-Input/Multi-Output (SIMO) to Multi-Input/Multi-Output (MIMO) identification in frequency, time and spatial domain, is presented. The latest developments and issues ...

Traditionally. the syntax-semantics interface has been characterized by the projection of verb arguments onto the level of syntax based on (lexical semantic) information associated with the verb (Jackendoff, 1990; Levin, 1993; Van Valin, 1993). The assumption in current approaches is that the rules linking arguments to syntactic positions are universal. This implies that verbs with similar lexi...