{"title":"Qualities of Eventiveness","authors":"Sean Monahan, Mary Brunson","doi":"10.3115/v1/W14-2909","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Events are not a discrete linguistic phenomenon. Different verbal and nominal predicates express different degrees of eventiveness. In this paper we analyze the qualities that contribute to the overall eventiveness of a predicate, that is, what makes a predicate an event. We provide an in-depth analysis of seven key qualities, along with experimental assessments demonstrating their contributions. We posit that these qualities are an important part of a functional working definition of events.","PeriodicalId":392223,"journal":{"name":"EVENTS@ACL","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"EVENTS@ACL","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3115/v1/W14-2909","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Events are not a discrete linguistic phenomenon. Different verbal and nominal predicates express different degrees of eventiveness. In this paper we analyze the qualities that contribute to the overall eventiveness of a predicate, that is, what makes a predicate an event. We provide an in-depth analysis of seven key qualities, along with experimental assessments demonstrating their contributions. We posit that these qualities are an important part of a functional working definition of events.