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functions sharing internal structures or as the same function with alternative
realizations. Jackendoff s main concern here is with the specification of the
verb as a stative or as an event. Because this analysis is concerned with the
specification of prepositional functions, the (a) and (b) interpretations of
GO (as in: The scar goes from his ear to his mouth) do not solve the prob
lem.
Dowry's distinction between stage-level statives and object-level sta
tives provides a possible solution. Object-level statives are predicates such
as know, like and tall. Stage-level statives are subdivided into Momentary
Statives (e.g., be on the table, be asleep) and Interval Statives (e.g., sit,
stand, lie). An interval analysis of extensional statives allows us to posit
stages of fog or plays as follows: be-at' (y,Xj) & BECOME NOT be-at'
(y,x 2 ) & BECOME be-at' (z,x 3 ) & be-at' (z,x 4 ), where χ = fog, y = Lon
don and ζ = Paris.
What we are doing in this kind of analysis is splitting the theme — the
fog or the play — into stages. Intuitively, this seems descriptively accurate,
given that the fog in London is not the same fog as the fog over the English
Channel or the fog in Paris. Similarly, the play at 8:00 is not the same as the
play at 8:15 or 10:00. Thus, a stage-level analysis of extensional statives
would posit an LS for sentence (52) on the order of (55).
(55) [be-at' (London, fog4] & [BECOME NOT be-at' (London,
fog 2 )] & [BECOME be-at' (Paris, fog 3 )] & [be-at' (Paris, fog 4 )]
An interval analysis of the class 2 statives with which predicative from
occurs — suffer, see, hear — would posit a structure for sentence (47b)
(John suffered from arthritis) as follows:
(47) [John has arthritis] & [BECOME suffer' (John)] & [suffer'
(John)]
The initial state described is that of John having arthritis. The operator
BECOME signals a change (the beginning of suffering), and [suffer'
(John)] is the final state described by sentence (47b). Comparing the LS in
(55) with that in (47c), we note that the BECOME NOT segment of the LS
is missing in the second structure. This is because the antecedent situation
continues. The prototypical uses of from, as in (52) and (53) have all four
components: stative' (,) & BECOME NOT stative' (x,y 2 ) & BECOME
stative' (z,y 3 ) & stative' (z,y 4 ).
The difference between the sequence-linking role of from with (a)
achievements and motion accomplishments and (b) statives is graphically