Productivity in Argument Selection : From Morphology to Syntax.

This book centers on the idea that some verbs and other argument structure constructions have an inherently different propensity to realize lexically unfamiliar arguments, independently of lexical semantic meaning. This notion is explored both qualitatively using selected examples, and quantitativel...

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Main Author: Zeldes, Amir
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2012.
Series:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs TiLSM.
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Summary:This book centers on the idea that some verbs and other argument structure constructions have an inherently different propensity to realize lexically unfamiliar arguments, independently of lexical semantic meaning. This notion is explored both qualitatively using selected examples, and quantitatively using large amounts of corpus data, in both cases primarily from English and German.
Physical Description:1 online resource (302 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783110303919
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Language:English.