Arguments as relations /

255 Pages·1.523 MB·English

by  Bowers, John S.

Arguments as Relations
Linguistic Inquiry Monographs
SamuelJay Keyser, general editor
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Arguments as Relations
John Bowers
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ISBN978-0-262-01431-1(hardcover:alk.paper) — ISBN978-0-262-51433-0
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1.Grammar,Comparativeandgeneral—Verbphrase. 2.Grammar,
Comparativeandgeneral—Syntax. 3.Grammar,Comparativeandgeneral—
Passivevoice. 4.Minimalisttheory(Linguistics) I.Title.
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To the memory of mysister
Margaret Ellen Barrett
(1948–2008)
and my father
Wayne Alexander Bowers
(1919–2008)

Contents
SeriesForeword ix
Preface xi
1 IntroductionandOverview 1
1.1 TheOriginsofHierarchicalStructureinSyntax 3
1.2 SyntacticArgumentsvs.ThematicRoles 6
1.3 TheTheory 15
1.4 Intransitives,LocativeInversion,andExpletivethere 26
2 Passive 31
2.1 ThePassiveby-Phrase 31
2.2 Collins’s(2005)SmugglingAnalysisofPassive 47
2.3 IsPartPNeededintheEnglishAuxiliarySystem? 59
2.4 TheSyntaxofPredicateAdjectives 64
3 AffecteeArguments 77
3.1 DativeAlternations 77
3.2 TypesofA¤ectees 87
3.3 Russian 103
3.4 ArgumentStructureandScope 109
4 GrammaticalFunctionChangingMorphology 117
4.1 ApplicativeConstructions 117
4.2 ATypologyofFunction-ChangingMorphology 132
4.3 Causativization 140
5 DerivedNominals 165
5.1 NominalCategories 165
5.2 ArgumentCategoriesinNominals 167
5.3 TheMorphologicalRealizationofArgumentCategoriesinNominals:
DerivationalMorphologyandCompoundingasSyntax 183
5.4 Conclusion 193
viii Contents
6 Conclusion 195
AppendixA:ACompositionalSemanticsforArgumentHeads 197
AppendixB:FirstApplicationofMerge 201
Notes 203
References 221
Index 233
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