Resumen de Thematic Parallels and Non-parallels: Contributions of Field-specific Properties
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate, following Jackendoff (1992), that parallelism across semantic fields is constrained by properties specific to each field, and that these field-specific properties play a crucial role in accounting for the non-parallels which particular lexical items exhibit across semantic fields.
Three semantic fields (Temporal, Possessional, and Identificational) are shown to have different properties with respect to three parameters, dimensionality, directedness and continuousness. These differing, field-specific properties account for where parallelism obtains and where its does not.
The examination of field-specific properties reveals a number of cross-field behavioral differences that have received little recognition, as shown by case studies of spread, between, over, and extent verbs.
