Thematic structure : its role in grammar / I.M. Roca, ed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roca, Iggy.

Series:

Linguistic models ; 16

Linguistic Models ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Topic and comment.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Structural linguistics.

Physical Description:

xiii, 325 p. : ill.

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Foris Publications, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Thematic Structure".

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Foreword

Introduction / Atkinson, Martin

Thematic conditions on syntactic structures: evidence from locative applicatives / Baker, Mark C.

Morphology, semantics and argument structure / Booij, Geert

Deverbal compounds and the external argument / Sciullo, Anna-Maria Di

Sentence accents and argument structure / Gussenhoven, Carlos

The syntactic character of thematic structure / Hale, Ken / Keyser, Samuel Jay

Aspect and Theta Theory / Hoekstra, Teun

Raising in syntax, semantics and cognition / Hudson, Richard

Secondary predication as a diagnostic of underlying structure in Pama-Nyungan languages / Laughren, Mary

The lexical semantics of verbs of motion: the perspective from unaccusativity / Levin, Beth / Rappaport Hovav, Malka

The projection principle(s): a reexamination / Manzini, M. Rita

Circumstantial complements and direct objects in the Romance languages: configuration, Case, and thematic structure / Smith, John Charles

Author index

Subject index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110872613

3110872617

OCLC:

979586565