The theta system : argument structure at the interface

The theta system : argument structure at the interface / edited by Martin Everaert, Marijana Marelj, Tal Siloni.

This text 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 array of new empirical data ranging from Germanic, Romance, and Slavic to Ugro-Finnish, and...

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Other Authors: Everaert, Martin, Marelj, Marijana, 1970-, Siloni, Tal
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 37.
Subjects:
Generative grammar.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Generative grammar
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • General Preface
  • List of Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. The Theta System: an Introduction
  • 2. The Linguistic Expression of Causation
  • 3. The Content of Semantic Roles: Predicateâ€?Argument Structure in Language and Cognition
  • 4. Combine
  • 5. In the Event of a Nominal
  • 6. Lexicon Uniformity and the Causative Alternation
  • 7. In Defence of the Non-Causative Analysis of Anticausatives
  • 8. Hidden Entries: a Psycholinguistic Study of Derivational Gaps
  • 9. To Have the Empty Theta-Role
  • 10. Emission Verbs
  • 11. Verbal Passives in English and Hebrew: a Comparative Study12. An Event Semantics for the Theta System
  • 13. Children Acquire Unaccusatives and A-Movement Very Early
  • References
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
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