• DOI:10.1016/0010-0277(91)90032-Y
Corpus ID: 16966452

The syntax of event structure

@article{Pustejovsky1991TheSO,
  title={The syntax of event structure},
  author={J. Pustejovsky},
  journal={Cognition},
  year={1991},
  volume={41},
  pages={47-81}
}

J. Pustejovsky

Published 1991

Psychology, Computer Science, Medicine

Cognition

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In this paper we examine the role of events within a theory of lexical semantics. We propose a configurational theory of event structure and examine how it contributes to a lexical semantic theory for natural language. In particular, we argue that an event structure can provide a distinct and useful level of representation for linguistic analysis involving the aspectual properties of verbs, adverbial scope, the role of argument structure, and the mapping from the lexicon to syntax.