The Syntax of Argument Structure: Empirical Advancements and Theoretical Relevance

Published by De Gruyter 2021

The Syntax of Argument Structure

Empirical Advancements and Theoretical Relevance

Edited by: Artemis Alexiadou and Elisabeth Sophia Maria Verhoeven

Volume 581 in the series Linguistische Arbeiten

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110757255

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About this book

Bridging theoretical modelling and advanced empirical techniques is a central aim of current linguistic research. The progress in empirical methods contributes to the precise estimation of the properties of linguistic data and promises new ways for justifying theoretical models and testing their implications. The contributions to the present collective volume take up this challenge and focus on the relevance of empirical results achieved through up-to-date methodology for the theoretical analysis and modelling of argument structure. They tackle issues of argument structure from different perspectives addressing questions related to diverse verb types (unaccusatives, unergatives, (di)transitives, psych verbs), morpho-syntactic operations (prefixation, simple vs. particle verbs), case distinctions (dative vs. accusative, case vs. prepositions), argument and voice alternations (dative vs. benefactive alternation, active vs. passive), word order alternations and the impact of animacy, agentivity, and eventivity on argument structure. The volume will be of interest to theoretical linguists, psycholinguists, and corpus linguists interested in the syntax of argument structure and its modelling using precise empirical methods.

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Artemis Alexiadou and Elisabeth Sophia Maria Verhoeven, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
The syntax of argument structure Artemis Alexiadou and Elisabeth Sophia Maria Verhoeven Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Too strong argument structures and (un-)prepared repair The case of zu-excessives Patrick Brandt and Petra B. Schumacher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Evidence against lexicalist or configurational approaches to structural encoding in sentence production Michael Baumann, Sandra Pappert and Thomas Pechmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Case marking affects the processing of animacy with simple verbs, but not particle verbs An event-related potential study Anna Czypionka and Carsten Eulitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Unexpected (in)animate argument marking Helen de Hoop and Peter de Swart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Interpretability, aspectual coercion, and event structure in Object-Experiencer verbs: An acceptability study Jeannique Darby, Artemis Alexiadou, Giorgos Spathas and Michael Walsh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Discourse and unaccusativity Quantitative effects of a structural phenomenon Patricia Irwin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Theoretical Linguists, Psycholinguists, Neurolinguists, General Linguists, Corpus Linguists
Pages
- Front matter: 5
- Main content: 204
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 5
- Coloured Illustrations: 8
- Tables: 34
Keywords: Arrgument Structure; Argument Alternations; Voice; Case

eBook

Published: November 8, 2021
ISBN: 9783110757255

Hardcover

Published: November 8, 2021
ISBN: 9783110757156

Paperback

Published: May 8, 2023
ISBN: 9783111278483