This paper deals with the complementarity of manner and result verbs and the problem case of the verb "cut". In section 2, I review Fillmore(1970)"s and Levin(1993)"s argument alternations and classicfication of manner and result verbs. Then some problems and disadvantages of their classicfication are pointed out. In section 3, I will discuss Levin and Rappaport Hovav(2010)"s complementarity of manner and result verbs and the explanation of the verb "cut‘. Then some problems and disadvantages of their explanation are pointed out. In section 4, I discuss Levin and Rappaport Hovav(2008)"s event structures of manner and result verbs, and Pustejovsky"s(1995) Generative Lexicon Theory and underspecification principle. Then I modify the underspecification principle and the event structure of the verb "cut". Finally I argue that the modified principle and the event structure of the verb "cut" have many advantages.
This paper deals with the complementarity of manner and result verbs and the problem case of the verb "cut". In section 2, I review Fillmore(1970)"s and Levin(1993)"s argument alternations and classicfication of manner and result verbs. Then some problems and disadvantages of their classicfication are pointed out. In section 3, I will discuss Levin and Rappaport Hovav(2010)"s complementarity of manner and result verbs and the explanation of the verb "cut‘. Then some problems and disadvantages of their explanation are pointed out. In section 4, I discuss Levin and Rappaport Hovav(2008)"s event structures of manner and result verbs, and Pustejovsky"s(1995) Generative Lexicon Theory and underspecification principle. Then I modify the underspecification principle and the event structure of the verb "cut". Finally I argue that the modified principle and the event structure of the verb "cut" have many advantages.
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