Middles and Argument Structure across Languages - Couverture souple

Marelj, Marijana

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3639511581 ISBN 13 : 9783639511581

Editeur : Scholar's Press, 2013

Synopsis

Middles across languages share a core of common semantic characteristics. Yet, they exhibit striking differences, as shown on a language-sample that includes Dutch, English, Hebrew, French, Italian, Polish, and Serbo-Croatian. The author argues that a single ARB-operation, inspired by the ARB-saturation of Chierchia for impersonals, can derived the shared semantic properties of middles across languages. The theoretical framework assumed in the study is Reinhart's Theta System. The analysis rests on a further development of the thematic feature-system. The author argues that when Middle Formation applies in the lexicon, it involves a feature-change, creating an ARB-role. When in applies in the syntax (LF), role manipulation is not available, and it involves the arbitrarization of a variable instead. The syntactic differences follow from a locus of the operation. Other proposed modification of the system facilitate the solutions to puzzles of theta realizations other than middles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scholar's Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3639511581
• ISBN 13: 9783639511581
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 500
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible