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Cognate Objects as Reflections of Davidsonian Event Arguments

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Events and Grammar

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According to Davidson (1967) verbs logically have one more argument than is apparent from the usual subcategorization frame of the verb, — a non-thematic argument, denoting an event:

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  1. English Department, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Anita Mittwoch

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  1. Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

    Susan Rothstein

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Mittwoch, A. (1998). Cognate Objects as Reflections of Davidsonian Event Arguments. In: Rothstein, S. (eds) Events and Grammar. Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 70. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3969-4_13

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