Beth Levin
William H. Bonsall Professor in the Humanities
Linguistics
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Linguistics
Program Affiliations
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Symbolic Systems Program
2025-26 Courses
- Lexical Semantic Typology
LINGUIST 132 (Win) - Lexical Semantics
LINGUIST 232A (Aut) - Linguistic Research Discussion Group
LINGUIST 294 (Aut) - Undergraduate Research Seminar
LINGUIST 197A (Win) -
Independent Studies (8)
- Directed Reading
LINGUIST 397 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Research
LINGUIST 398 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Dissertation Research
LINGUIST 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Honors Research
LINGUIST 198 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Independent Study
LINGUIST 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - M.A. Project
LINGUIST 390 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Master's Degree Project
SYMSYS 290 (Spr, Sum) - Research Projects in Linguistics
LINGUIST 396 (Win)
- Directed Reading
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Prior Year Courses
2024-25 Courses
- Introduction to Word Formation
LINGUIST 116A (Win) - Lexical Semantics
LINGUIST 232A (Aut) - Seminar in Lexical Semantics: Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Events
LINGUIST 232B (Spr) - TA Training Workshop
LINGUIST 394 (Aut)
2023-24 Courses
- Lexical Semantic Typology
LINGUIST 132 (Win) - Lexical Semantics
LINGUIST 232A (Aut) - TA Training Workshop
LINGUIST 394 (Aut)
2022-23 Courses
- Introduction to Word-Formation
LINGUIST 116A (Aut) - Lexical Semantics
LINGUIST 232A (Aut) - Linguistic Research Discussion Group
LINGUIST 294 (Aut) - Linguistics Writing Group
LINGUIST 395D (Sum) - Research Workshop
LINGUIST 395 (Spr) - Seminar in Lexical Semantics: Objecthood
LINGUIST 232B (Win) - Summer Research Activity
LINGUIST 393 (Sum)
- Introduction to Word Formation
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
Adolfo Hermosillo -
Doctoral (Program)
Tony Velasquez
All Publications
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<i>The door pushed open</i>: an English intransitive resultative construction with transitive-only verbs
JOURNAL OF EAST ASIAN LINGUISTICS
2026; 35 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10831-025-09314-3
View details for Web of Science ID 001699793900001
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Talking about the weather: Two construals of precipitation events in English
GLOSSA-A JOURNAL OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS
2019; 4 (1)
View details for DOI 10.5334/gjgl.794
View details for Web of Science ID 000471752500001
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Systematicity in the semantics of noun compounds: The role of artifacts vs. natural kinds
LINGUISTICS
2019; 57 (3): 429–71
View details for DOI 10.1515/ling-2019-0013
View details for Web of Science ID 000471262600001
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From insanely jealous to insanely delicious: Computational models for the semantic bleaching of English intensifiers
ASSOC COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS-ACL. 2019: 1–13
View details for Web of Science ID 000538561400001
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Semantics and Pragmatics of Argument Alternations
ANNUAL REVIEW OF LINGUISTICS, VOL 1
2015; 1: 63-83
View details for DOI 10.1146/annurev-linguist-030514-125141
View details for Web of Science ID 000350994000005
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The typology of motion expressions revisited
JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS
2010; 46 (2): 331-377
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0022226709990272
View details for Web of Science ID 000280207500002
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Constraints on the complexity of verb meaning and VP structure
SNIPPETS
2009: 33–36
View details for Web of Science ID 000219963900009
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The English dative alternation: The case for verb sensitivity
JOURNAL OF LINGUISTICS
2008; 44 (1): 129-167
View details for DOI 10.1017/S0022226707004975
View details for Web of Science ID 000254007500004
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Dative verbs A crosslinguistic perspective
LINGUISTICAE INVESTIGATIONES
2008; 31 (2): 285–312
View details for DOI 10.1075/li.31.2.12lev
View details for Web of Science ID 000219994700014
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The Semantic Determinants of Argument Expression: A View from the English Resultative Construction
SYNTAX OF TIME
edited by Gueron, J., Lecarme, J.
2004; 37: 477–94
View details for Web of Science ID 000283936100018