The verbal domain / edited by Roberta D'Alessandro, Irene Franco, and Ángel J. Gallego.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

D'Alessandro, Roberta, 1973- editor.

Franco, Irene, 1980- editor.

Gallego, Ángel J., editor.

Series:

Oxford linguistics

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 64.

[Oxford linguistics]

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verbals.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb phrase.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Language and languages--Verb.

Language and languages.

Semantics.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

This volume features cutting-edge research from leading authorities on the nature and structure of the verbal domain and the complexity of the Verb Phrase (VP). The book is divided into three parts, representing the areas in which contemporary debate on the verbal domain is most active. The first part focuses on the V head, and includes four chapters discussing the setup of verbal roots, their syntax, and their interaction with other functional heads such as Voice and v. Chapters in the second part discuss the need to postulate a Voice head in the structure of a clause, and whether Voice is different from v. Voice was originally intended as the head hosting the external argument in its specifier, as well as transitivity. This section explores its relationship with "syntactic" voice, i.e. the alternation between actives and passives. Part three is dedicated to event structure, inner aspect, and Aktionsart. It tackles issues such as the one-to-one relation between argument structure and event structure, and whether there can be minimal structural units at the basis of the derivation of any sort of XP, including the VP.

Contents:

Part I Root and Verbalizer

1 The "bundling" hypothesis and the disparate functions of little v / Heidi Harley Harley, Heidi 3

2 Little v as a categorizing verbal head: evidence from Greek / Phoevos Panagiotidis Panagiotidis, Phoevos, Vassilios Spyropoulos Spyropoulos, Vassilios, Anthi Revithiadou Revithiadou, Anthi 29

3 Agreement between arguments? Not really / Maria Polinsky Polinsky, Maria, Nina Radkevich Radkevich, Nina, Marina Chumakina Chumakina, Marina 49

4 On the division of labor between roots and functional structure / Artemis Alexiadou Alexiadou, Artemis, Terje Lohndal Lohndal, Terje 85

Part II Voice

5 Voice, manners, and results in adjectival passives / Elena Anagnostopoulou Anagnostopoulou, Elena 105

6 Romance and Greek medio-passives and the typology of Voice / Florian Schäfer Schäfer, Florian 129

7 The articulated v layer: evidence from Tamil / Sandhya Sundaresan Sundaresan, Sandhya, Thomas McFadden McFadden, Thomas 153

8 The features of the voice domain: actives, passives, and restructuring / Susi Wurmbrand Wurmbrand, Susi, Koji Shimamura Shimamura, Koji 179

Part III Event and Argument Structure

9 Omnipresent little v in Pazar Laz / Balkiz Öztürk Öztürk, Balkiz, Eser Erguvanli Taylan Taylan, Eser Erguvanli 207

10 The event domain / Gillian Ramchand Ramchand, Gillian 233

11 The interpretation of external arguments / Jim Wood Wood, Jim, Alec Marantz Marantz, Alec 255.

Notes:

Series from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-301) and index.

ISBN:

9780198767886

0198767889

9780198767893

0198767897

OCLC:

955312857