Lexical specification and insertion /

The papers in this volume address the general question what type of lexical specifications we need in a generative grammar and by what principles this information is projected onto syntactic configurations, or to put it differently, how lexical insertion is executed. Many of the contributions focus...

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Other Authors: Coopmans, Peter, 1958-, Everaert, Martin, Grimshaw, Jane B. (Jane Barbara), 1951-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2000.
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; . 197.
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Table of Contents:
  • LEXICAL SPECIFICATION AND INSERTION; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Preface; Table of Contents; Introduction; Eliminating Disjunction in Lexical Specification; Adjectives and Argument Structure; Experiencer Objects: Two Types of Ergativity; Why There Are no Clitics: On the Storage, Insertion, and Form of F -Features; Locality and Extended Projection; Branching and Discharge; Criteriality and Grammatical Realization; Lexical Specification with Variables; The Semantic Representation of Denominal Verbs; Sentential Complementation; Classifying Single Argument Verbs.