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Applicative Arguments: A Syntactic and Semantic Investigation of
German and English presents formal semantic and syntactic analyses
of German and English applicative arguments. These arguments are
nominal elements that are not obligatory parts of a sentence. Both
German and English have several types of applicative arguments,
including so-called benefactive and malefactive constructions. More
specifically, the research relies on tests to differentiate the
different types of applicative arguments based on this contribution
to meaning: Some applicatives contribute only not-at-issue meaning,
whereas others contribute only at-issue meaning, and still others
contribute both types of meaning. These tests are applied to both
German and English to uniquely identify the applicative arguments
in each language. Formal analyses of the identified type of
applicative arguments are presented that provide an account for
each type of applicative identified for each language, explaining
the applicatives' differences and similarities.
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