Bc. Mariia Onoeva

Master's thesis

Inferential behavior of degree achievements: an experimental study

Inferential behavior of degree achievements: an experimental study
Abstract:
Tato magisterská diplomová práce se zabývá zkoumáním tzv. degree achievementů, třídou sloves odvozených od adjektiv. Degree achievementy mohou být telické a zároveň atelické. Kennedy a Levin (2008) tvrdí, že struktura jejich původních adjektivních škál je tomu možným vysvětlením: slovesa odvozená od adjektiv s uzavřenými škálami jsou telická, zatímco slovesa odvozená od adjektiv s otevřenými škálami …more
Abstract:
The present thesis studies so-called degree achievements, a class of deadjectival verbs. It was observed that degree achievements can be both telic and atelic. Kennedy and Levin (2008) argue that it might be due to their original adjectival scales: degree achievements derived from the closed scales are telic by default, while the verbs based on the open scales are atelic. However, it is not completely …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 2. 7. 2021

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 7. 9. 2021
  • Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Mojmír Dočekal, Ph.D.
  • Reader: Mgr. Lucia Vlášková

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
Philology / General Linguistics