The Unaccusativity Puzzle: Explorations of the Syntax-Lexicon Interface (Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics)

ISBN 10: 0199257647 / ISBN 13: 9780199257645

Published by Oxford University Press, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Unaccusativity Puzzle: Explorations of the Syntax-Lexicon Interface (Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199257647
• ISBN 13: 9780199257645
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The phenomenon of unaccusativity is a central focus for the study of the complex properties of verb classes. The Unaccusative Hypothesis, first formulated in 1978, claimed that there are two classes of intransitive verbs, the unaccusative (Jill arrived) and the unergative or agentive (Jill sings). The hypothesis has provided a rich context for debating whether syntactic behaviour is semantically or lexically determined, the consequence of syntactic context, or a combination of these factors. No consensus has been reached. This book combines contemporary approaches to the subject with several papers that have achieved a significant status even though formally unpublished.

About the Author

Artemis Alexiadou is with the University of Potsdam. Elena Anagnostopoulou is with the University of Crete. Martin Everaert is with the University of Utrecht Institute of Linguistics.