Argument Structure (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs) - Hardcover

Grimshaw, J

 
9780262071253: Argument Structure (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0262071258 ISBN 13: 9780262071253
Publisher: MIT Press, 1990

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Jane Grimshaw is Professor of Linguistics and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University.

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Publisher
MIT Press
Publication date
1990
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0262071258
ISBN 13 
9780262071253
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
218

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