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Verb-argument Semantics

Verb-Argument Semantics is a theoretical construct within linguistic semantics that specifies how verbs determine the number and semantic roles of their syntactic arguments, distinguishing it from other aspects of meaning by focusing on the structural and thematic relationships between verbs and their associated nominal phrases.

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Verbs semantics and lexical selection

Zhibiao Wu, Martha Palmer · 1994 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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<b>English verb classes and alternations:</b> A preliminary investigation. By Beth Levin. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. Pp. xviii, 345. Cloth $45.00, paper $18.95.

Carol L. Tenny · Language · 1995 · 2.3K citations

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When Nouns Surface as Verbs

Eve V. Clark, Herbert H. Clark · Language · 1979 · 1.2K citations

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<b>The projection of arguments: Lexical and compositional factors</b> . Ed. by Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder (CSLI lecture notes 83). Stanford: Center for the Study of Language and Information, 1998. Pp. vii, 363.

Michael Dukes · Language · 2000 · 758 citations

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Learning argument structure generalizations

Cognitive Linguistics · 2004 · 674 citations

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  1. MP
    Martha Palmer

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    11 publications · 4K citations

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  2. BA
    Ben Ambridge

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 595 citations

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  3. CF
    Caroline F. Rowland

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 804 citations

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  4. JM
    Julián M. Pine

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 804 citations

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  5. BL
    Beth Levin

    Stanford University, United States

    6 publications · 918 citations

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  1. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

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    16 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    43 publications

    3K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    789 citations

  4. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    3.9K citations

  5. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    621 citations

  6. California University of Pennsylvania

    California, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    731 citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

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    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    507 citations

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  2. Cognitive Linguistics

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  3. Language

    11 publications · 5.1K citations

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  4. Lingua

    12 publications · 924 citations

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  5. Journal of Child Language

    10 publications · 834 citations

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