In:Silent Instruments: Syntax, semantics, and acquisition of the instrumental role in Italian
Alice Suozzi
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 293] 2026
► pp. 144–176
Chapter 5Refining our proposal
shadow and open prototypes, and the defaulting operation
Published online: 26 March 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.293.c5
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.293.c5
Article outline
- 5.1The role of linguistic context in increasing the semantic recoverability of Instruments
- 5.1.1shadow-, default- and open-verbs: Isolation vs. syntactic context
- 5.1.1.1shadow-verbs and shadow instruments
- 5.1.1.2default-verbs and default instruments
- 5.1.1.3open-verbs and open instruments
- 5.1.1.4Solving the puzzle: The role of syntactic context and the evanescence of default-verbs
- 5.1.1shadow-, default- and open-verbs: Isolation vs. syntactic context
- 5.2The classification of Instruments revised: shadow and open prototypes, and the operation of defaulting
- 5.3Summary of the chapter
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