Buch, Englisch, Band 74, 329 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1070 g
The Geometry of Argument Structure
Buch, Englisch, Band 74, 329 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1070 g
Reihe: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
ISBN: 978-94-007-0532-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Linking – how semantic arguments map to the syntax – is one of the challenges for theories of the syntax-semantics interface. In this new approach, Janet Randall explores the hypothesis that the positions of syntactic arguments are strictly determined by lexical argument geometry. Yielding novel – if sometimes surprising – conclusions, her Isomorphic Linking Hypothesis establishes the linking patterns of a wide range of verbs and, with those results, shows how to reason "backwards" from how a given verb's arguments link to what its lexical representation must be. Along the way, the investigation takes on thorny lexical issues – reformulating the Theta Criterion, revisiting the multiple lexical-entry debate, eliminating "indirect" arguments and redefining unaccusativity. It offers new insights into how arguments are represented, assembles a host of argument/adjunct diagnostics, and re-examines the relation between arguments and predicates. The result of this incisive study is a simple and consistent account of linking, integrated with a radical rethinking of the nature of arguments and argument structure.
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A Geometric Theory of Linking.- Conceptual Structure.- Eliminating the Direct/Indirect Internal Argument Distinction.- Explaining Linking Regularities.- Syntactically Unexpressed Arguments, Incorporation, and Adjuncts.- The Linking of Resultative Verbs: Clausal Fusion.- The Prohibition Against Double Fusion.- More Linking Results Across the Lexicon.- Causative Verbs with PLACE Arguments.- Unaccusatives: A Cluster of Verb Classes.- Complex Causative Verbs.- Other Verb Classes, Other Issues, and Conclusions.
