The purpose of this article is to explain the valency and argument structure of the predicate. The article begins with definitions of valency and argument structure. This then leads to illustration of a number of ways in which arguments are removed from, or added to, the argument structure, ...
Examples and Observations on Argument Structure "Verbs are the glue that holdsclausestogether. As elements that encode events, verbs are associated with a core set of semanticparticipants that take part in the event. Some of a verb's semantic participants, although not necessarily all, are m...
This thesis is in two parts: the first focuses on theories of SLI and the development of argument structure while the second focuses on intervention. Chapter 1 reviews experimental findings and theories of SLI and finds that while some areas of language are well-researched, others (including argu...
The understanding of the notion as a theoretical construct varies with a researcher's theoretical predispositions, especially with respect to how semantics and syntax interface with each other. Such variation in usage is reflected in controversies over the nature of argument structure. Furthermore, ...
Bresnan, J.: Lexicality and argument structure. In: Minimal Ideas. pp. 283-304. John Benjamins Publishing Company, Paris (Apr 1996)Bresnan, J. 1996. "Lexicality and Argument Structure." Invited paper given at the Paris Syntax and Semantics Conference, October 12-14, 1995. Corrected version:...
Topics in the Syntax and Semantics of Infinitives and Gerunds This device interacts with the notion of semantic function-argument structure to provide elements of a theory of binding not based on phrase structural configurations. ^Gennaro. ChierchiaGarland Pub.Chierchia, Gennaro. 1984. Topics in the...
Argument Structure and the Syntax-Morphology Interface. A Case Study in Latin and other Languages In this dissertation I put forth a syntactic theory of argument structure and the syntaxmorphology interface and I apply it mainly to Early and Classical L... VA Matellán - Canadian oncology nursing...
摘要: Resultative verb compounds (henceforth RVC) have enjoyed a special place in Chinese syntax, because their syntax and semantics have been shown to provide insights into the nature of compositional semantics and its relationship with syntax. In recent years...
Invocation of Base Class Constructor in Java Like C++, Java insists that a constructor for a base class be called before the constructor for a derived class. The syntax is a bit simpler, however; the initial line of the code for the derived class constructor may consist of a “call” to...