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This 9 page paper provides an overview of Beth Levin's contributions to the field of semantics. For over two decades, theorists like Beth Levin have considered the application of aspectual notions in the understanding of verbal lexical semantic representations and the principles of argument expression. Bibliography lists 5 sources
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increasing study of aspectual notions is central to Levins view that these notions are not a "panacea that there considerable use would suggest." Instead, Levin (2000) argues that the
connection between argument expression, lexical semantic representations and aspectual notions is not as simple as it appears and that reassessments of existing research is necessary. This paper will review Beth
Levins (2000; and with Hovav, 2002) papers on the changing state of verbs and the impacts of aspectual notions, specifically in regards to the impacts on argument expression. In
her first work, Levin (2000) argues that there is a recent tendency for aspectual classes to be integrated as an appropriate event type for formulating a theory of argument expression
and argues that the types of events relevant to argument realization may not be aspectual in nature at all. In Levins second work (with Rappaport Hovav, 2002), the authors
test two different hypotheses: 1. that argument projection is aspectually driven; and 2. that argument expression is not lexically determined. In order to understand the progression
of Levins arguments, it is necessary to understand the background information in each of the studies utilized, and then relate this background to the development of the researchers argument.
After presenting the main research discussed in each paper and the authors suggestions, this paper will then briefly assess the soundness of Levins arguments and the likelihood of its correctness.
II. Literature Review In Levins (2000) article Aspect, Lexical Semantic Representation and Argument Expression, the author states that the idea that aspect figures in argument expression dates
back to Hopper and Thompsons (1980) inclusion of "telicity" and "punctuality" among the semantic components of "transitivity" (p. 3). Since this earlier inclusion, Levin (2000) has argued that "aspectual
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