Argument Structure in Flux
The Naples-Capri Papers
Editors
| Arizona State University
| University of Bergen
| University of Naples Federico II
The present volume is centered around five linguistic themes: argument structure and encoding strategies; argument structure and verb classes; unexpressed arguments; split intransitivity; and existential and presentational constructions. The articles also cover a variety of typologically different languages, and they offer new data from under-researched languages on the issues of event and argument structure. In some cases novel perspectives from widely discussed languages on highly debated topics are offered, also addressing more theoretical aspects concerning the predictability and derivation of linking. Several contributions apply current models of the lexicon–syntax interface to synchronic data. Other contributions focus on diachrony and are based on extensive use of corpora. Yet others, although empirically and theoretically grounded, privilege a methodological discussion, presenting analyses based on thorough and long-standing fieldwork.
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 131] 2013. viii, 578 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Argument structure in fluxJóhanna Barðdal and Michela Cennamo | pp. 1–12
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Part I. Argument structure and encoding strategies
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Non-canonical subjects in clauses with noun predicatesMarina Benedetti | pp. 15–32
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Differential agent marking in HinuqDiana Forker | pp. 33–52
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Case variation and case alternation in Indo-European and beyond: A diachronic typological perspectiveLeonid Kulikov | pp. 53–86
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Constructional polysemy and argument realisation with the Irish GET verbBrian Nolan | pp. 87–116
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Part II. Argument structure and verb classes
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Latin preverbs and verb argument structure: New insights from new methodsBarbara McGillivray | pp. 119–134
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Experiencing linking: Psych verbs at the interfaceMarijana Marelj | pp. 135–168
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Introduce: Encoding a non-prototypical three-participant event across EuropeAnna Siewierska and Eva van Lier | pp. 169–200
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On the relationship between lexical aspect, verbal meaning, and (lexical) argument structureGretel De Cuyper | pp. 201–230
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Four Romanian verbs of occurring: The effect of argument structure on verb meaning and useDaniela Caluianu | pp. 231–254
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Part III. Unexpressed arguments
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The pro cycleJan Terje Faarlund | pp. 257–284
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Argument promotion and SE-constructions in Brazilian PortugueseSonia M. L. Cyrino | pp. 285–306
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Unaccusativity and the diachrony of null and cognate objects in GreekNikolaos Lavidas | pp. 307–342
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Part IV. Split intransitivity
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Split intransitivity in Irish and the syntax-semantics interfaceAidan Doyle | pp. 345–372
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Semantic constraints on the Latin impersonal passive: On telicity and agentivityMaria Napoli | pp. 373–404
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Auxiliary selection in German: Constructional gradience with perfect formationElke Diedrichsen | pp. 405–434
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Tornar and volver: The interplay of frequency and semantics in compound tense auxiliary selection in Medieval and Classical SpanishMalte Rosemeyer | pp. 435–458
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Part V. Existential and presentational constructions
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Control and the evolution of possessive and existential constructionsDenis Creissels | pp. 461–476
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Existential constructions: A semasiological perspectiveLivio Gaeta | pp. 477–510
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Variation and change in the presentational constructions of north-western Italo-Romance varietiesM. Mair Parry | pp. 511–548
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Argument realization and existential pro-forms in early Italo-RomanceFrancesco Maria Ciconte | pp. 549–566
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Author index | pp. 567–572
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Language and topic index | pp. 573–578
“This collection of papers covers a wide spectrum of linguistic phenomena connected with argument realization, both synchronically and diachronically. It features a mix of contributions by renowned specialists in the field, and by younger researchers, providing unconventional insights often achieved through new methodologies into one of the most discussed issues in modern linguistics.”
Silvia Luraghi, University of Pavia
“This volume is an intellectually rich and authoritative inquiry into the many facets – syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic – of variation and change in argument realization and event structure. It it unique for the breadth of research, for the multiplicity of theoretical perspectives, and for the range of languages and linguistic domains represented. The volume will stand out for a long time as a standard reference not only for its primary linguistics readership but also for researchers in other cognitive and computational fields who wish to become better informed about the complexities of argument structure.”
Antonella Sorace, The University of Edinburgh
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2018.
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Cristofaro, Sonia & Paolo Ramat
2017.
In The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Syntax,
► pp. 664 ff.
Ledgeway, Adam
2019.
In Historical Linguistics 2015 [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 348],
► pp. 344 ff.
Nolan, Brian, Elke Diederichsen & Gudrun Rawoens
2015.
In Causation, Permission, and Transfer [Studies in Language Companion Series, 167],
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BIC Subject: CFK – Grammar, syntax
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General