%0 Journal Article
%T <em>El +</em> verb complex predicates in Hungarian
%A ¨¦va D¨¦k¨¢ny
%J Nordlyd : Troms£¿ University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics / Institutt for Spr£¿k og Litteratur, Universitetet i Troms£¿
%D 2008
%I University of Troms?
%X This paper investigates the structure of complex predicates comprising the verbal particle el- (`away') and a verb in Hungarian. I show that el- has different meaning contributions to the predication when combined with different types of verbs. I argue that despite the three seemingly unrelated meanings of el-, two uses involve the same lexical item. In these unifiable cases I analyze el- as a measure function that can measure in both the spatial and the temporal domains.
%K Hungarian verbal particles
%K argument structure
%K telicity
%K directionality
%K resultativity
%K measure functions
%U http://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/135