Atypical predicate-argument relations
Editors
This book deals with atypical predicate-argument relations. Although the relations between predicates, especially verbal, and their arguments have been long studied, most studies are concerned with typical telic verbs in the past tense, indicative mood, active voice, with all arguments expressed. Recently, linguists have become interested in other types of predicate-argument relations displaying atypical properties, be they morphological or syntactic, in one language or cross-linguistically. The articles in this book investigate some of these: argument marking with some special groups of verbs, arguments not foreseen in the verb valency and contributed by the construction, verbs in idiomatic constructions, valency-changing operations, arguments in thetic sentences or in participle constructions etc. The authors work within different theoretical frameworks and on various languages, from more current languages like English, Spanish, French or German, to Hebrew or lamaholot, an Austronesian language.
[Lingvisticæ Investigationes Supplementa, 33] 2016. x, 289 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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IntroductionThierry Ruchot | pp. vii–x
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Part 1. Atypical realization of the main arguments of the verb
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Verbs of pain and accusative subjects in RomanianMarleen Van Peteghem | pp. 3–26
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Non-canonical ‘existential-like‘ constructions in colloquial Modern HebrewRivka Halevy | pp. 27–60
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IO realizations in Spanish reverse psych verb sentencesChiyo Nishida | pp. 61–85
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Non-human agents as subjects in English and Dutch: A corpus-based translation studySteven Doms, Bernard De Clerck and Sonia Vandepitte | pp. 87–112
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Part 2. Valency-changing devices and non-finite verb forms
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The argument-structure configuration of English middle and related structuresCasilda Garcia de la Maza | pp. 115–130
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Non-categorical categories: Aspect, Voice, Pred and the category of ParticiplesElena Soare | pp. 131–160
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Part 3. Variations in transitivity
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The semantic motivation of non-canonical predicative relations: The French transitive constructionMeri Larjavaara | pp. 163–179
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Atypical argument structures in French: From metaphorical uses to atypical onesGeneviève Girard-Gillet | pp. 181–201
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Split intransitivity in Lamaholot (East Flores, Indonesia)Philippe Grangé | pp. 203–239
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Part 4. Norm variation in predicate-arguments relations
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Geographic variation in a non-canonical infinitive structure with the modal verb brauchenPascale Van Praet and Gilbert Magnus | pp. 243–264
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Verbal constructions in spoken language deviating from the norm: Reflections on the concept of atypicalityGünter Schmale | pp. 265–282
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Index of authors | pp. 283–285
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Index of subjects | pp. 287–289
Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009060: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax