Argument Structure (linguistik Aktuell/linguistics Today)
by Eric J. Reuland /
2007 / English / PDF
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Recent developments in the generative tradition have created new
interest in matters of argument structure and argument projection,
giving prominence to the discussion on the role of lexical entries.
Particularly, the more traditional lexicalist view that encodes
argument structure information on lexical entries is now challenged
by a syntactic view under which all properties of argument
structure are taken up by syntactic structure. In the light of
these new developments, the contributions in this volume provide
detailed empirical investigations of argument structure phenomena
in a wide range of languages. The contributions vary in their
response to the theoretical questions and address issues that range
from the role of specific functional heads and the relation of
argument projection with syntactic processes, to the position of
argument structure within a broader clausal architecture and the
argument structure properties of less studied categories.
Recent developments in the generative tradition have created new
interest in matters of argument structure and argument projection,
giving prominence to the discussion on the role of lexical entries.
Particularly, the more traditional lexicalist view that encodes
argument structure information on lexical entries is now challenged
by a syntactic view under which all properties of argument
structure are taken up by syntactic structure. In the light of
these new developments, the contributions in this volume provide
detailed empirical investigations of argument structure phenomena
in a wide range of languages. The contributions vary in their
response to the theoretical questions and address issues that range
from the role of specific functional heads and the relation of
argument projection with syntactic processes, to the position of
argument structure within a broader clausal architecture and the
argument structure properties of less studied categories.
