Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Argument structure in flux 1
4. Part I. Argument structure and encoding strategies
5. Non-canonical subjects in clauses with noun predicates 15
6. Differential agent marking in Hinuq 33
7. Case variation and case alternation in Indo-European and beyond 53
8. Constructional polysemy and argument realisation with the Irish GET verb 87
9. Part II. Argument structure and verb classes
10. Latin preverbs and verb argument structure 119
11. Experiencing linking 135
12. Introduce 169
13. On the relationship between lexical aspect, verbal meaning, and (lexical) argument structure 201
14. Four Romanian verbs of occurring 231
15. Part III. Unexpressed arguments
16. The pro cycle 257
17. Argument promotion and SE-constructions in Brazilian Portuguese 285
18. Unaccusativity and the diachrony of null and cognate objects in Greek 307
19. Part IV. Split intransitivity
20. Split intransitivity in Irish and the syntax-semantics interface 345
21. Semantic constraints on the Latin impersonal passive 373
22. Auxiliary selection in German 405
23. Tornar and volver 435
24. Part V. Existential and presentational constructions
25. Control and the evolution of possessive and existential constructions 461
26. Existential constructions 477
27. Variation and change in the presentational constructions of north-western Italo-Romance varieties 511
28. Argument realization and existential pro-forms in early Italo-Romance 549
29. Author index 567
30. Language and topic index 573