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Title Argument structure and syntactic relations : a cross-linguistic perspective / edited by Maia Duguine, Susana Huidobro, Nerea Madariaga.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 348 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 158
Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 158.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Argument structure and syntactic relations / Maia Duguine, Susana Huidobro and Nerea Madariaga -- Part I. Semantic and syntactic properties of the event structure. Aspectual composition in causatives / Maria Babicheva and Mikhail Ivanov -- Atelicity and anticausativization / Ekaterina Lyutikova and Sergei Tatevosov -- Minimalist variability in the verb phrase / Jonathan E. MacDonald -- On the L-Syntax of manner and causation / Jaume Mateu -- Nominalization, event, aspect and argument structure: A syntactic approach / Petra Sleeman and Ana Maria Brito -- Part II. A cartographic view on argument structure. The syntax of argument structure / Leonard H. Babby -- Argument structure and quantifier scope / John Bowers -- Part III. Syntactic heads involved in argument structure. An L-Syntax for adjuncts / Ángel J. Gallego -- The derivation of dative alternations / Javier Ormazabal and Juan Romero -- Advances in Functional Linguistics : Basque ditransitives / Beñat Oyharçabal -- Applicative structure and Mandarin ditransitives / Waltraud Paul and John Whitman -- Unintentionally out of control / Knut Tarald Taraldsen -- Part IV. Argument structure in language acquisition. Zero time-arguments in French child language / Hamida Demirdache and Oana Lungu -- Reevaluating the role of innate linking rules in the acquisition of verb argument structure: Evidence from child Hebrew / Sigal Uziel-Karl -- Subject Index.
Summary The topic of this collection is argument structure. The fourteen chapters in this book are divided into four parts: Semantic and Syntactic Properties of Event Structure; A Cartographic View on Argument Structure; Syntactic Heads Involved in Argument Structure; and Argument Structure in Language Acquisition. Rigorous theoretical analyses are combined with empirical work on specific aspects of argument structure. The book brings together authors working in different linguistic fields (semantics, syntax, and language acquisition), who explore new findings as well as more established data, but the.
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb phrase.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb phrase.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Duguine, Maia.
Huidobro, Susana.
Madariaga, Nerea.
Other Form: Print version: Argument structure and syntactic relations. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : John Benjamins Pub. Company, ©2010 9789027255419 (DLC) 2010010771 (OCoLC)553371016
ISBN 9789027288134 (electronic book)
9027288135 (electronic book)
9789027255419 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9027255415 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
1282663380
9781282663381
Standard No. 9786612663383