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Phrase Structure and Argument Structure - A Case Study of the Syntax-Semantics Interface (Hardcover)
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Phrase Structure and Argument Structure - A Case Study of the Syntax-Semantics Interface (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics, 49
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This book focuses on the relationship between syntax and meaning.
Terje Lohndal's core claim is that it is possible to create a
transparent mapping from syntax to logical form such that each
syntactic Spell-Out domain directly corresponds to a conjunct at
logical form. The argument focuses on two domains of grammar -
phrase structure and argument structure - and brings together two
independently established but seemingly unconnected hypotheses:
that verbs do not require arguments, and that specifiers are not
required by the grammar. Following the introduction, the second
chapter looks in detail at the separation of the verb from its
thematic arguments, and presents data from argument structure,
reciprocals, and adjectival passives, while the third examines the
claim that specifiers do not play a role as the target of various
grammatical operations. Chapter 4 then brings these arguments
together and proposes a syntax that maps transparently onto logical
forms where all thematic arguments are severed from the verb.
Moreover, the broader consequences of this approach are outlined in
terms of Spell-Out, movement, linearization, thematic uniqueness,
and agreement. The book closes with an examination of the
relationship between grammatical and conceptual meaning, and a
detailed discussion of the nature of compositionality.
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