“Tight links” make convenient metaphors but loose explanations: replying to a reply

• The result phrase of Type B resultatives cannot be properly handled in terms of a property-path traversal, contra Broccias (2013). • The “tight link” proposed by Broccias (2013) suffers from a number of problems. • The occurrence of multiple result phrases cannot be accounted for in terms of “tigh...
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• The result phrase of Type B resultatives cannot be properly handled in terms of a property-path traversal, contra Broccias (2013). • The “tight link” proposed by Broccias (2013) suffers from a number of problems. • The occurrence of multiple result phrases cannot be accounted for in terms of “tight links.” • _To one’s death_ metonymically stands for the place where one is presumed to die, fully in accord with Goldberg (1991). Ausführliche Beschreibung