Lexikal verbsemantik i tre dimensioner
(2023) In Skrifter utgivna av Nordiska föreningen för lexikografi 17. p.13-40- Abstract
- This article suggests a model for lexical verb semantics that unifies Halliday’s model for transitivity with Langacker’s concept of base and profile and also with a model for situation type (cf. Smith 1997). It is claimed that verbs adhere to one of four macro domains: the material, the social, the mental or the relational domain. Within these domains there are numerous types of verbs, such as motion verbs, production verbs and speech act verbs. Verbs with the same base or micro domain differ in lexical profile. The Swedish counterparts to stab and kill belong to a domain of “violence afflicted to human beings”; here kill is a transitional verb while stab is instrumental. It is argued that among material verbs there are both verbs with... (More)
- This article suggests a model for lexical verb semantics that unifies Halliday’s model for transitivity with Langacker’s concept of base and profile and also with a model for situation type (cf. Smith 1997). It is claimed that verbs adhere to one of four macro domains: the material, the social, the mental or the relational domain. Within these domains there are numerous types of verbs, such as motion verbs, production verbs and speech act verbs. Verbs with the same base or micro domain differ in lexical profile. The Swedish counterparts to stab and kill belong to a domain of “violence afflicted to human beings”; here kill is a transitional verb while stab is instrumental. It is argued that among material verbs there are both verbs with material profiles, such as manner verbs, and verbs with other types of profiles. Verbs like run, laugh and shiver describe how a referent is involved in some specific physical constellation. Activities like work, play and cook are also performed by human bodies; still these verbs don’t indicate exactly how the body is involved. You can work, play or cook in many different ways. When it comes to situation type it is suggested that there are three main lexical types (state verbs, process verbs and transitional verbs) in Swedish, which in different constructions of the verb phrase can express the major situation types: state, activity, accomplishment, achievement and semelfactive. Finally some aspects of role semantics are considered. (Less)
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- Holm, Lisa LU
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- 2023
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- verbsemantik, lexikal profil, aktionsart, rollsemantik, verb semantics, lexical profile, situation type, role semantics
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- Nordiska studier i lexikografi 16 : Rapport från 16:e konferensen om lexikografi i Norden. Lund 27–29 april 2022 - Rapport från 16:e konferensen om lexikografi i Norden. Lund 27–29 april 2022
- series title
- Skrifter utgivna av Nordiska föreningen för lexikografi
- editor
- Holmer, Louise ; Horn, Greta ; Landqvist, Hans ; Nilsson, Pär ; Nordgren, Eva and Sköldberg, Emma
- volume
- 17
- pages
- 28 pages
- publisher
- Meijerbergs institut för svensk etymologisk forskning
- ISSN
- 0803-9313
- ISBN
- 978-91-986791-5-1
- 978-91-986791-6-8
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- Swedish
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author = {{Holm, Lisa}},
booktitle = {{Nordiska studier i lexikografi 16 : Rapport från 16:e konferensen om lexikografi i Norden. Lund 27–29 april 2022}},
editor = {{Holmer, Louise and Horn, Greta and Landqvist, Hans and Nilsson, Pär and Nordgren, Eva and Sköldberg, Emma}},
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pages = {{13--40}},
publisher = {{Meijerbergs institut för svensk etymologisk forskning}},
series = {{Skrifter utgivna av Nordiska föreningen för lexikografi}},
title = {{Lexikal verbsemantik i tre dimensioner}},
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volume = {{17}},
year = {{2023}},
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