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Prepositions and Results in Italian and English: an Analysis from Event Decomposition
Folli & Ramchand (2005)
1. Introduction:
1. What do Goal of Motion and resultative constructions have in common? Where do they differ?
2. What is the difference between directed motion and located motion? Give examples.
3. Name different strategies of expressing directed motion / GM in natural languages. Is GM the
same thing as directed motion?
4. What is the aim of the article?
5. Discuss the examples below in terms of their structure and semantics:
2. Framework:
1. How does the authors' framework relate to the previously discussed article?
2. Describe their framework. State the event composition rules that govern their framework.
3. What form does argument structure take here?
6. What kind of resultatives does Italian allow? How are they licensed?
Sue danced at the party for hours / for hours at the party.
Sue danced around the room for hours / *for hours around the room.