The Projection of Arguments: Lexical and Compositional Factors (Volume 83) (Lecture Notes) - Hardcover

Miriam Butt; Wilhem Geuder

 
9781575861111: The Projection of Arguments: Lexical and Compositional Factors (Volume 83) (Lecture Notes)
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ISBN 10: 1575861119 ISBN 13: 9781575861111
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf, 1998

Synopsis

It is becoming increasingly clear that the standard approach to argument linking in terms of 'thematic roles', which are determined by the lexical meaning of verbs, has some serious shortcomings. This volume sets out to explore alternatives to a rigid model of lexical projection. It brings together a set of papers from different backgrounds that converge on the general hypothesis that the many semantic factors which influence the projection of arguments should be attributed to compositional processes rather than to the fixed contents of lexical entries. Proposals for a reassessment of the lexicon-syntax interface are included, as well as topics addressing questions of argument hierarchies and adicity of predicates, and the syntax and semantics of argument alternations in a set of very diverse languages.

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About the Author

Miriam Butt is professor for general and computational linguistics at the University of Konstanz.

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Publisher
Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1575861119
ISBN 13 
9781575861111
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
364

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