Argument Structure : Volume 18 Paperback / softback
by Jane (Rutgers University) Grimshaw
Part of the Linguistic Inquiry Monographs series
Paperback / softback
Description
Argument Structure is a contribution to linguistics at the interface between lexical syntax and lexical semantics.
It formulates an original and highly predictive theory of argument structure that accounts for a large number of syntactic phenomena.
The main analytical focus is on passives, nominals, psychological predicates, and the theory of external arguments.
In the course of Argument Structure, Jane Grimshaw suggests that, contrary to the prevailing view, argument structure is in fact structured; it encodes prominence relations among arguments which reflect both their thematic and their aspectual properties.
The prominence relations support a new theory of external arguments, with far reaching consequences for the syntactic behavior of predicates, and the nature of cross-categorial variation in argument structure.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:216 pages
- Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
- Publication Date:22/04/1992
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- ISBN:9780262570909
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:216 pages
- Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
- Publication Date:22/04/1992
- Category:
- ISBN:9780262570909
