Preverbs, argument linking and verb semantics: Germanic prefixes and particles

Particle verbs are heads and phrases

“…The aforementioned assumption that only functional phrases can be referential and express tokens predicts that particle phrases are never referential. This prediction is realized, as observed by McIntyre (2001). Compare the prepositional phrases in (48): (48) In (48a-c), functional prepositional phrases are generated as complements of the verb laden, 'load' (which has moved to Comp).…”

49. Argument-structural restrictions on word-formation patterns

“…The connection between AS and the various operations of prefixation and particle verb formation are well described in the literature, cf., among others, Booij (1992), Dehé et al (2002), Günther (1987), McIntyre (2003), Olsen (1997aOlsen ( , 1998, Stiebels (1996), Wunderlich (1987) as well as articles 23 and 35 on particle-verb formation and particle Brought to you by | Cambridge University Library Authenticated Download Date | 8/15/15 4:01 PM verbs in Germanic. For example, in Germanic languages like German and Dutch, the prefix beattached to an intransitive verb like gehen 'to walk' introduces an internal argument, cf.…”

Remarks on the Particle Verb Domains (J. Zeller, Particle Verbs and Local Domains)

“…There are three major approaches to analyzing verb particles in the literature; (i) the morphological approach (e.g. Johnson (1991), Neeleman and Weerman (1993), Stiebels and Wunderlich (1994), McIntyre (2001)) which claims that verb particles are complex V0s (i.e. morphological objects), (ii) the syntactic incorporation approach (e.g.…”

“…Jackendoff (1983Jackendoff ( , 1990 shows that the type-token distinction (referentiality/non-referentiality) can be applied to Paths and Places as well as Things (9b). Zeller applies this idea to the difference between German h-postpositions and particles.5 McIntyre (2001) observes that the underlying objects of h-verbs are referential, specific, and are tokens, while those of particle verbs are non-referential, non-specific, generic, and are types (9c). Consider (12) and (13).…”