Thematic Relations / Wendy Wilkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkins, Wendy, author.

Series:

Syntax and Semantics; 21.

Syntax and Semantics; 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1988.

Summary:

Thematic Relations provides information pertinent to thematic relations, which focus both on what sematic roles are expressible in the grammar and how these roles come to be associated with noun phrases. This book presents the interaction of components of the language faculty and other aspects of cognition. Organized into 13 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the semantic relations involved in verb-argument structure. This text then examines the predicate-argument representations, which have come to figure prominently in all current generative theories of syntax. Other chapters consider the generalizations about thematic relations that are most insightfully captured at the level of syntax of at the level of semantics. This book discusses as well the importance of thematic roles to the grammar. The final chapter deals with the central role of thematic roles in language comprehension. This book is a valuable resource for linguists, syntacticians, and semanticists with an active involvement in research on natural language.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

What to Do with θ-Roles / Malka Rappaport and Beth Levin

Autonomy, Predication, and Thematic Relations / Peter W. Culicover

Toward a Nongrammatical Account of Thematic Roles / William A. Ladusaw and David R. Dowty

Thematic Relations in Control / Charles Jones

Complex Predicates and θ-Theory / K. A. Jayaseelan

Multiple θ-Role Assignment in Choctaw / George Aaron Broadwell

Inheritance / Janet H. Randall

Thematic Restrictions on Derived Nominals / Bozena Rozwadowska

Thematic Relations and Case Linking in Russian / Linda Schwartz

Thematic Structure and Reflexivization

Toward a Lexical Representation of Warlpiri Verbs / Mary Laughren

The Feature + Affected and the Formation of the Passive / David Lebeaux

Thematic Roles and Language Comprehension / Greg N. Carlson and Michael K. Tanenhaus

References

Index

Syntax and Semantics.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004373211

9004373217

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004373211 DOI