Alexandra Anna Spalek
Biographic Data
| ID | 1453724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Anna Spalek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Spalek |
| SIGNATURE | SPALEK A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5613-2892 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Grammatically relevant aspects of meaning and verbal polysemy
The debate over the relation between grammatically relevant (specifically, what we term event referential ) and idiosyncratic aspects of verb meaning has produced a considerable literature. Some authors, such as Levin and Rappaport Hovav, have appealed to figurative uses of verbs as a source of data when the analysis of their literal uses has been controversial, a move that has sometimes been criticized. However, the question of whether figurativ…
To Finish in German and Mainland Scandinavian
Among the words that describe initial or final parts of events, words describing finishing stand out in a number of ways: in a language like English, there is a transitive verb which is singularly flexible regarding the type of event retrievable from the context; in a language like German, there is no verb but there is a verbal particle; in either case, there is a requirement of telicity and there is a requirement of theme incrementality. The pre…
Distinguishing coercion and underspecification in Type Composition Logic
This paper investigates the meaning adaptability of change of state (CoS) verbs. Itargues that both coercion and underspecification are necessary mechanisms in order to properlyaccount for the semantic adaptability observable for CoS verbs in combination with theircomplements. This type of meaning adaptability has received little formal attention to date,although some recent work has already led the way on this topic (Spalek, 2014; Lukassek andSp…
Spanish change of state verbs in composition with atypical theme arguments
Spanish change of state verbs in composition with atypical theme arguments
Distinguishing coercion and underspecification in Type Composition Logic
This paper investigates the meaning adaptability of change of state (CoS) verbs. Itargues that both coercion and underspecification are necessary mechanisms in order to properlyaccount for the semantic adaptability observable for CoS verbs in combination with theircomplements. This type of meaning adaptability has received little formal attention to date,although some recent work has already led the way on this topic (Spalek, 2014; Lukassek andSp…
To Finish in German and Mainland Scandinavian
Among the words that describe initial or final parts of events, words describing finishing stand out in a number of ways: in a language like English, there is a transitive verb which is singularly flexible regarding the type of event retrievable from the context; in a language like German, there is no verb but there is a verbal particle; in either case, there is a requirement of telicity and there is a requirement of theme incrementality. The pre…
Grammatically relevant aspects of meaning and verbal polysemy
The debate over the relation between grammatically relevant (specifically, what we term event referential ) and idiosyncratic aspects of verb meaning has produced a considerable literature. Some authors, such as Levin and Rappaport Hovav, have appealed to figurative uses of verbs as a source of data when the analysis of their literal uses has been controversial, a move that has sometimes been criticized. However, the question of whether figurativ…
Computer Science (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (4 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Event (particle physics) (2 works) · linguistics and terminology studies (2 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)