Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 156 pages) |
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Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 49 |
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Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 49.
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Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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 |
Analysis |
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-153) and index |
Notes |
Text in English and Venda |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb phrase.
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Generative grammar.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Generative grammar
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb phrase
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780262281980 |
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0262281988 |
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9781435651883 |
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143565188X |
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0262162547 |
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9780262162548 |
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0262662094 |
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9780262662093 |
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