The Theta System. Argument Structure at the Interface.

. Ed(s): Everaert, Martin; Marelj, Marijana; Siloni, Tal

ISBN 10: 0199602522 / ISBN 13: 9780199602520

Published by Oxford University Press, 2012

About this Item

This book considers the recent results and evaluations of the Theta System in both theoretical and experimental domains. Distinguished linguists from all over the world examine the theory in the context of an impressive array of new empirical data ranging from Germanic, Romance, and Slavic to Ugro-Finnish, and Semitic languages. Editor(s): Everaert, Martin; Marelj, Marijana; Siloni, Tal. Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 674. . 2012. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Theta System. Argument Structure at the Interface.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199602522
• ISBN 13: 9780199602520
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book considers the recent results and evaluations of the Theta System in both theoretical and experimental domains. Distinguished linguists from all over the world examine the theory in the context of an impressive array of new empirical data ranging from Germanic, Romance, and Slavic to Ugro-Finnish, and Semitic languages.

About the Author

Martin Everaert is Professor of Linguistics at Utrecht University and Director of the Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS. He works primarily on the syntax-semantics interface (anaphora: reflexives, reciprocals) and the lexicon-syntax interface (idioms/collocations, and argument structure).


Marijana Marelj is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Utrecht University. She completed her thesis, entitled Middles and Argument Structure across Languages under the supervision of Tanya Reinhart and Eric Reuland. Her research interests include the Architecture of grammar, properties of the computational system/syntactic theory, Interfaces (lexicon-syntax interface and syntax-semantics interface), and Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages.


Tal Siloni is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Tel Aviv University and the chair of the department. Her major areas of research are syntactic theory and comparative syntax with particular reference to Semitic and Romance languages, the lexicon-syntax interface, argument structure, idioms, and nominalization.