The projection of arguments : lexical and compositional factors
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The projection of arguments : lexical and compositional factors
（CSLI lecture notes, no. 83）
CSLI Publications, c1998
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 99 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Contents of Works
- Event structure in argument linking / William Croft
- Deconstructing the lexicon / Gillian Catriona Ramchand
- Building verb meanings / Malka Rappaport Hovav and Beth Levin
- Delimiting events in syntax / Elizabeth Ritter and Sara Thomas Rosen
- Strong and weak projection, lexical reflexives and reciprocals / K.P. Mohanan and Tara Mohanan
- Voice and transitivity as functional projections in Yaqui / Eloise Jelinek
- On the argument structure of some noun incorporating verbs in West Greenlandic / Veerle Van Geenhoven
- Partitive case and aspect / Paul Kiparsky
- Scrambling and the PF interface / Ad Neeleman and Tanya Reinhart
Description and Table of Contents
Description
It is becoming increasingly clear that the standard approach to argument linking in terms of 'thematic roles', which are determined by the lexical meaning of verbs, has some serious shortcomings. This volume sets out to explore alternatives to a rigid model of lexical projection. It brings together a set of papers from different backgrounds that converge on the general hypothesis that the many semantic factors which influence the projection of arguments should be attributed to compositional processes rather than to the fixed contents of lexical entries. Proposals for a reassessment of the lexicon-syntax interface are included, as well as topics addressing questions of argument hierarchies and adicity of predicates, and the syntax and semantics of argument alternations in a set of very diverse languages.
Table of Contents
- Event structure in argument linking
- Deconstructing the lexicon
- Building verb meanings
- Delimiting events in syntax
- Strong and weak projection: Lexical reflexives and reciprocals
- Voice and transitivity as functional projections in Yaqui
- Noun incorporating verbs in West Greenlandic
- Partitive case and aspect
- Scrambling and the PF interface.
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