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Introducing arguments /

This compositional theory of verbal argument structures explores how 'noncore' arguments (i.e. arguments that are not introduced by verbal roots themselves) are introduced into argument structure, and examines cross-linguistic variation in introducing arguments.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pylkkänen, Liina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Venda
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Colección:Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 49.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Introduction
  • 1.1. "Noncore" Arguments
  • 1.2. Representing Verbs and Their Arguments
  • 1.3. Summary of the Proposal: Seven Argument Introducers
  • Ch. 2 Applicatives
  • 2.1. High and Low Applicatives
  • 2.2. Hebrew Possessor Dative Constructions as Low Source Applicatives
  • 2.3. Japanese Adversity Passives as High and Low Applicatives
  • 2.4. Other Applicative Asymmetries and Previous Approaches
  • Ch. 3 Causatives
  • 3.1. Summary of the Proposal on the Syntax and Semantics of Causatives
  • 3.2. Similarity: CAUSE Is Not a 0ä-Role
  • 3.3. Variation: Cause and Voice Bundling
  • 3.4. Variation: Cause Selects for Roots, Verbs, or Phases
  • 3.5. Voice Bundling and Transitivity Restrictions
  • 3.6. Summary of Sections 3.1-3.5
  • 3.7. Implications for Bantu Morpheme-Ordering Restrictions
  • 3.8. Previous Approaches to Causativization
  • Ch. 4 Closing Remarks
  • 4.1. High Applicatives and the Representation of External Arguments
  • 4.2. Eliminating Linking.