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Title\nTable of Contents\nList of Figures\nList of Tables\nList of Abbreviations\n1 Introduction\n2 Gradation and degree expressions\n 2.1 Gradation\n 2.2 Scales\n 2.3 Degree expressions\n 2.4 Cross-categorical distribution of degree expressions\n 2.4.1 Degree expression continuum\n 2.4.2 Cross-linguistic distribution of degree expressions\n 2.5 Conclusion\n3 Verb classication\n 3.1 Semantic verb classes\n 3.2 Event structure\n 3.2.1 Aktionsart\n 3.2.2 Predicate decomposition\n 3.3 Manner/result complementarity\n 3.4 Degree verbs\n 3.4.1 Tenny (2000) on ‘measure adverbs’\n 3.4.2 Tsujimura’s (2001) analysis of Japanese degree verbs\n 3.5 Conclusion\n4 Syntax of verb gradation\n 4.1 Syntactic analysis of adverbial beaucoup\n 4.1.1 Doetjes (1997)\n 4.1.2 Vecchiato (1997)\n 4.1.3 Preliminary observations of the syntactic ambiguity of beaucoup\n 4.2 Role & Reference Grammar\n 4.3 Scope relationships\n 4.3.1 Grammatical aspect in German, French, and Russian\n 4.3.2 Grammatical aspect and verb gradation\n 4.4 Syntactic analysis of degree expressions\n 4.4.1 Syntactic analysis of verb gradation\n 4.4.2 Syntax of adnominal degree expressions\n 4.5 Conclusion\n5 Gradable predicates and intensiers\n 5.1 Gradable adjectives\n 5.1.1 Kennedy & McNally (2005a)\n 5.1.2 Löbner (1990)\n 5.2 Semantic type of degree expressions\n 5.2.1 Quantication vs. modication\n 5.2.2 Classication of degree expressions\n 5.3 Semantics of intensiers\n 5.4 Degrees, scales, and verbs\n 5.5 Conclusion\n6 Change of state verbs\n 6.1 Change of state verbs – a general perspective\n 6.2 Argument realization\n 6.3 Scalar changes and the lexicalization of scales\n 6.4 Scalar analysis of telicity\n 6.5 Degree gradation of change of state verbs\n 6.5.1 Degree gradation of degree achievements\n 6.5.2 Degree gradation of accomplishments\n 6.6 Degree gradation and telicity\n 6.7 Conclusion\n7 Verbs of emission\n 7.1 Emission verbs – a general perspective\n 7.2 Degree gradation of verbs of smell emission\n 7.3 Degree gradation of verbs of light emission\n 7.4 Degree gradation of verbs of sound emission\n 7.5 Degree gradation of verbs of substance emission\n 7.6 Conclusion\n8 Experiencer verbs\n 8.1 Experiencer verbs – a general overview\n 8.2 Types of experiencer verbs\n 8.2.1 Subject-experiencer verbs\n 8.2.2 Object-experiencer verbs\n 8.3 Degree gradation of experiencer verbs\n 8.3.1 Degree gradation of subject-experiencer verbs\n 8.3.2 Degree gradation of object-experiencer verbs\n 8.4 Conclusion\n9 Gradation, aspect, and telicity\n 9.1 Compositional patterns\n 9.1.1 Changes, emissions, and experiences\n 9.1.2 Verbs expressing divergence & similarity\n 9.1.3 Erratic verbs\n 9.1.4 Gradable action verbs\n 9.1.5 Similarities in the compositional patterns\n 9.2 Subcompositionality of verbal degree gradation\n 9.3 Event-dependent degree gradation\n 9.4 Conclusion\n10 General conclusions\nAppendix: Language data\nReferences\nIndex