Abstract The argument structure of verbs is pretty uniform across languages. Thus, verbs of `falling’ involve a Theme and an optional Causer and verbs of `working’ an Agent. Aspect is relevant to that uniformity as well since the former verbs will be telic and the latter durative. Stative verbs form a third main class. I first show that, when (spoken/written) languages change, the basic argument structure and aspect don’t change for most unaccusatives and unergatives. There are, however, systematic reports (e.g. Rosen 1984; Keller & Sorace 2003; Randall et al 2004) that certain verbs are unergative in one language and unaccusative in another and that verbs alternate between different aspects (e.g. Levin & Rappaport Hovav 2014). I examine a few verbs diachronically that are ambiguous in the Keller & Sorace work, i.e. verbs of continuation and of controlled motional process, and conclude that a more fine-grained system is helpful.

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不及物证论证结构的稳定性和变化

摘要动词的自变量结构在各种语言中都非常统一。因此，“ falling”的动词包括一个主题和一个可选的Causeer，以及“ working”一个Agent的动词。方面也与该均匀性有关，因为前一个动词将是ticic，而后者则是持续性。陈述动词构成第三主类。我首先表明，当（口语/书面）语言发生变化时，对于大多数非宾格和非格宾格来说，基本的论证结构和方面都不会改变。但是，有系统的报道（例如Rosen 1984； Keller＆Sorace 2003； Randall等2004），某些动词在一种语言中是不合格的，而在另一种语言中却没有宾格，并且动词在不同方面之间交替出现（例如，Levin＆Rappaport Hovav 2014）。我历时地考察了一些在凯勒与索拉斯（Keller＆Sorace）工作中模棱两可的动词，即