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Argument Realization
Beth Levin
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Description for Argument Realization
Paperback. This 2005 book surveys theories about the relationship between verbs and their arguments, an important research topic in linguistics. Series: Research Surveys in Linguistics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
The relationship between verbs and their arguments is a widely debated topic in linguistics. This comprehensive 2005 survey provides an overview of this important area of research, exploring theories of how a verb's semantics can determine the morphosyntactic realization of its arguments. Assuming a close connection between verb meaning and syntactic structure, it provides a bridge between lexical-semantic and syntactic research, synthesizing the results of work from a range of linguistic subdisciplines and in a variety of theoretical frameworks. The first four chapters survey leading theories about event structure and conceptualization. The fifth and sixth chapters focus on the mapping ... Read more
The relationship between verbs and their arguments is a widely debated topic in linguistics. This comprehensive 2005 survey provides an overview of this important area of research, exploring theories of how a verb's semantics can determine the morphosyntactic realization of its arguments. Assuming a close connection between verb meaning and syntactic structure, it provides a bridge between lexical-semantic and syntactic research, synthesizing the results of work from a range of linguistic subdisciplines and in a variety of theoretical frameworks. The first four chapters survey leading theories about event structure and conceptualization. The fifth and sixth chapters focus on the mapping ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Series
Research Surveys in Linguistics
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521663762
SKU
V9780521663762
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About Beth Levin
Beth Levin is William H. Bonsall Professor in the Humanities at the Department of Linguistics, Stanford University. Malka Rappaport Hovav is Professor in the Department of English, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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