Applicative Arguments
A Syntactic and Semantic Investigation of German and English
Series:
Solveig Bosse
Appendix 1: Affected Experiencers
Extract
1) German Affected Experiencer (69)
c. (AffP and Voice combine by Event Identification.)
[[VP]] = λe. BREAK(e) & Thm(e)(Ben’s vase)
[[Aff]] = λPvt.λx.λe. P(e) & ∃e’(EXPER(e’) & Exp(e’)(x)) : ∀e’’ (P(e’’) → Source(e’’)(e’))
[[Aff’]] = λx.λe. BREAK(e) & Thm(e)(Ben’s vase) & ∃e’(EXPER(e’) & Exp(e’)(x)) : ∀e’’ (BREAK(e’’) & Thm(e’’)(Ben’s vase) → Source(e’’)(e’))
[[AffP]] = λe. BREAK(e) & Thm(e)(Ben’s vase) & ∃e’(EXPER(e’) & Exp(e’)(Chris)) : ∀e’’ (BREAK(e’’) & Thm(e’’)(Ben’s vase) → Source(e’’)(e’))
[[Voice]] = λx. λe. Agt(e)(x)
[[VoiceP]] = λe. BREAK(e) & Thm(e)(Ben’s vase) & Agt(e)(Alex) & ∃e’(EXPER(e’) & Exp(e’)(Chris) : ∀e’’((BREAK(e’’) & Thm(e’’)(Ben’s vase)) → Source(e’’)(e’))
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