4. Argument structure and argument structure alternations
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Richard Waltereit
Abstract
This chapter discusses argument structure in Romance languages. After a brief review of some of the main issues that current descriptions of argument structure are faced with, and of some of the most prominent answers to address these issues (Section 1), I discuss the major types of grammatical relations in Romance relevant for argument selection, and the problem of identifying the valency of lexical items (Section 2). Section 3 is an excursus about the argument structure of nouns and adjectives. Section 4 is devoted to the main descriptive problem of argument structure in Romance (or any language or language family), namely the identification of linking patterns. Section 5 addresses argument alternations. Section 6 is a brief summary.
Abstract
This chapter discusses argument structure in Romance languages. After a brief review of some of the main issues that current descriptions of argument structure are faced with, and of some of the most prominent answers to address these issues (Section 1), I discuss the major types of grammatical relations in Romance relevant for argument selection, and the problem of identifying the valency of lexical items (Section 2). Section 3 is an excursus about the argument structure of nouns and adjectives. Section 4 is devoted to the main descriptive problem of argument structure in Romance (or any language or language family), namely the identification of linking patterns. Section 5 addresses argument alternations. Section 6 is a brief summary.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Table of Contents VII
- Abbreviations XI
- 1. Introduction 1
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The verbal domain
- 2. Subjects 27
- 3. Objects 89
- 4. Argument structure and argument structure alternations 154
- 5. Clitic pronouns 183
- 6. Voice and voice alternations 230
- 7. Auxiliaries 272
- 8. Causative and perception verbs 299
- 9. Copular and existential constructions 332
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The clausal and sentential domains
- 10. Infinitival clauses 369
- 11. Tense, aspect, mood 397
- 12. Negation and polarity 449
- 13. Dislocations and framings 472
- 14. Focus Fronting 502
- 15. Cleft constructions 536
- 16. Interrogatives 569
- 17. Exclamatives, imperatives, optatives 603
- 18. Coordination and correlatives 647
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The nominal domain
- 19. Gender and number 691
- 20. Determination and quantification 727
- 21. Adjectival and genitival modification 771
- 22. Relative clauses 804
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Typological aspects
- 23. Syntheticity and Analyticity 839
- 24. Basic constituent orders 887
- List of Contributors 933
- Index 941
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Table of Contents VII
- Abbreviations XI
- 1. Introduction 1
-
The verbal domain
- 2. Subjects 27
- 3. Objects 89
- 4. Argument structure and argument structure alternations 154
- 5. Clitic pronouns 183
- 6. Voice and voice alternations 230
- 7. Auxiliaries 272
- 8. Causative and perception verbs 299
- 9. Copular and existential constructions 332
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The clausal and sentential domains
- 10. Infinitival clauses 369
- 11. Tense, aspect, mood 397
- 12. Negation and polarity 449
- 13. Dislocations and framings 472
- 14. Focus Fronting 502
- 15. Cleft constructions 536
- 16. Interrogatives 569
- 17. Exclamatives, imperatives, optatives 603
- 18. Coordination and correlatives 647
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The nominal domain
- 19. Gender and number 691
- 20. Determination and quantification 727
- 21. Adjectival and genitival modification 771
- 22. Relative clauses 804
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Typological aspects
- 23. Syntheticity and Analyticity 839
- 24. Basic constituent orders 887
- List of Contributors 933
- Index 941
