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Malaia, Evguenia; Wilbur, Ronnie B.; Weber-Fox, Christine – Brain and Language, 2009
Verbs contain multifaceted information about both the semantics of an action, and potential argument structures. Linguistic theory classifies verbs according to whether the denoted action has an inherent (telic) end-point ("fall," "awaken"), or whether it is considered homogenous, or atelic ("read," "worship"). The aim of our study was to examine…
Descriptors: Sentences, Semantics, Sentence Structure, Verbs