Argument Structure
Editors
Recent developments in the generative tradition have created new interest in matters of argument structure and argument projection, giving prominence to the discussion on the role of lexical entries. Particularly, the more traditional lexicalist view that encodes argument structure information on lexical entries is now challenged by a syntactic view under which all properties of argument structure are taken up by syntactic structure. In the light of these new developments, the contributions in this volume provide detailed empirical investigations of argument structure phenomena in a wide range of languages. The contributions vary in their response to the theoretical questions and address issues that range from the role of specific functional heads and the relation of argument projection with syntactic processes, to the position of argument structure within a broader clausal architecture and the argument structure properties of less studied categories.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 108] 2007. xviii, 243 pp.
Publishing status: Available
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Table of Contents
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Preface | p. vii
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List of contributors | pp. ix–x
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Introduction | pp. xi–xvii
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Do verbs have argument structure?Tor A. Åfarli | pp. 1–16
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Projecting argument structure: The grammar of hitting and breaking revisitedNomi Erteschik-Shir and Tova Rapoport | pp. 17–35
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The argument structure of the dative constructionK.A. Jayaseelan | pp. 37–48
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Syntactic categories and lexical argument structureR. Amritavalli | pp. 49–61
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Adpositions, particles and the arguments they introducePeter Svenonius | pp. 63–103
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Argument structure and aspect: The case of two imperfectives in MalayalamM.T. Hany Babu and P. Madhavan | pp. 105–120
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Argument features, clausal structure and the computationHalldór Ármann Sigur∂sson | pp. 121–158
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On theta role assignment by feature checkingTista Bagchi | pp. 159–173
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Argument prominence and the nature of superiority violationsTanmoy Bhattacharya and Andrew Simpson | pp. 175–211
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Look across: The paradigmatic axis and Bangla causativesProbal Dasgupta | pp. 213–237
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Subject index | pp. 239–241
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General