ABSTRACT
Thischapter·willproposesomefairlymajorextensionsofthe
theoryoutlinedinthefirstchapter.Inparticularadistinctionwillbe
drawnbetweenfigureandgroundscenes.BUYINGwillbeafigur·e
scenerelatedtoaparticularverb;COMi\1ERCIAL_EVENTwillbea
groundscenerelatedtoaclassofverbs.Agroundscenerepresents
backgroundmaterial,acompendiumofinformationaboutsomesituation
typewhichisnotfoundinthelexical(orfigure)scenesrelatedtothat
situation-type;eitheritisnotfoundinthelexicalscenesbecausethere
rsnolinguisticmotivationforputtingitthere,orelseitisitis
informationwhichcannotbefitintoasinglelexicalscene,becauseof
linguisticconstraints.Amongtheconstraintswewillimposeonlexical
scenesinthischapterareuniqueness-therequirementthatnorole
beassignedtotomorethanoneparticipant-andcompleteness-the
requirementthatallparticipantsbegrammaticallyrealized.Although
lexicalfiguresceneswillineffectbeaspecialkindoffigurescene,
thereisnoreasonwhytherelationbetweenfigureandgroundshould
belimitedinscopetolexicalscenes.Theremaystillbenon-linguistic
figurescenes.
