Malka Rappaport Hovav - Selected Publications#

1. Rappaport Hovav, M. (2020). Deconstructing the Internal/External Causation Distinction. In Bar-Asher Siegal, E. and Boneh, N., eds., Perspectives on Causation. Springer, 219-255. Calls into question the claim that there is a coherent class of verbs of internally caused change of state with detailed discussion of specific verbs and their behavior in syntax. Highlights the importance of teasing apart inferences drawn from general knowledge about the events a verb describes from those inferences that condition the verb's behavior in syntax.

2. Rappaport Hovav, M. (2019). Continuity and Change in the Formation of Complex Motion Event Descriptions in Hebrew. In Doron, E., Rappaport Hovav, M., Reshef, Y. and Taube, M., eds., Linguistic Contact, Continuity and Change in the Genesis of Modern Hebrew, John Benjamins, Amsterdam. Rappaport Hovav contributed not only as author but also as co-editor to this volume, which brings together a series of novel studies on contact-induced language change in the development of Modern Hebrew. Her contribution to the volume is highly relevant for the understanding of typological distinction between so-called verb-framed and satellite-framed languages.

3. Rappaport Hovav, M. (2019). Morphology and Argument Alternations. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.607. Invited contribution to a major research encyclopedia, reflective of Rappaport Hovav's expertise and recognition.

4. Levin, B. and Rappaport Hovav, M. (2019). Lexicalization Patterns. In R. Truswell, ed., Oxford Handbook of Event Structure, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Invited contribution to a prestigious handbook series. Though very recent, this work already has over 60 citations according to Google Scholar.

5. Rappaport Hovav, M. (2014). Lexical Content and Context. The causative alternation in English revisited. Lingua 141: 8-29. Published in a highly regarded journal in theoretical linguistics. Presents novel arguments for the role of discourse context as opposed to internal vs. external causation in the realization of cause arguments. Over 100 citations according to Google Scholar.

6. Rappaport Hovav, M. (2014). Building Scalar Changes. In H. Borer, A. Alexiadou and F. Schaefer, eds., The Roots of Syntax and the Syntax of Roots, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 259-281. Contribution to a volume in the Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics Series. Argues for distinguishing scalar components of meaning derived from lexical semantics vs. syntactically. Over 100 citations according to Google Scholar.

7. Rappaport Hovav, M. and Levin, B. (2008). The English Dative Alternation: The Case for Verb Sensitivity. Journal of Linguistics 44: 129-167. Publication in a major international journal in general linguistics. Presents evidence for the fact that the lexical semantics of verbs interacts in non-trivial ways with their syntactic realization possibilities. Over 500 citations according to Google Scholar.

8. Levin, B. and Rappaport Hovav, M. (2005). Argument Realization. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. This volume in a highly regarded series brings together the authors' research as well as other work on broad patterns of the lexicon/syntax interface, with a focus on patterns of argument realization. Over 2000 citations according to Google Scholar.

9. Rappaport Hovav, M. and Levin, B. (1998). Building Verb Meanings. In M. Butt and W. Geuder, eds., The Projection of Arguments: Lexical and Compositional Factors, CSLI Publications, Stanford, CA. 77-114. Presents the authors' highly influential theory of lexical semantic templates for verbs, with over 1000 citations according to Google Scholar.

10. Levin, B. and Rappaport Hovav, M. (1991). Wiping the Slate Clean: A Lexical-Semantic Exploration. Cognition 41: 123-151. Published in a highly selective journal whose focus goes beyond linguistic theory proper to issues in language and cognition, indicating the broader interest of Rappaport Hovav's work. Highly cited (approx. 500 citations in Google Scholar), pioneering in-depth discussion highlighting the importance of the notions of manner and result in the syntax/lexical semantics interface for verbs.