Argument Structure in Flux

The Naples-Capri Papers

Editors

Elly van Gelderen | Arizona State University

Jóhanna Barðdal | University of Bergen

Michela Cennamo | University of Naples Federico II

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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

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.131

Table of Contents

Argument structure in flux

Jóhanna Barðdal and Michela Cennamo | pp. 1–12

Part I. Argument structure and encoding strategies

Non-canonical subjects in clauses with noun predicates

Marina Benedetti | pp. 15–32

Differential agent marking in Hinuq

Diana Forker | pp. 33–52

Case variation and case alternation in Indo-European and beyond: A diachronic typological perspective

Leonid Kulikov | pp. 53–86

Constructional polysemy and argument realisation with the Irish GET verb

Brian Nolan | pp. 87–116

Part II. Argument structure and verb classes

Latin preverbs and verb argument structure: New insights from new methods

Barbara McGillivray | pp. 119–134

Experiencing linking: Psych verbs at the interface

Marijana Marelj | pp. 135–168

Introduce: Encoding a non-prototypical three-participant event across Europe

Anna Siewierska and Eva van Lier | pp. 169–200

On the relationship between lexical aspect, verbal meaning, and (lexical) argument structure

Gretel De Cuyper | pp. 201–230

Four Romanian verbs of occurring: The effect of argument structure on verb meaning and use

Daniela Caluianu | pp. 231–254

Part III. Unexpressed arguments

The pro cycle

Jan Terje Faarlund | pp. 257–284

Argument promotion and SE-constructions in Brazilian Portuguese

Sonia M. L. Cyrino | pp. 285–306

Unaccusativity and the diachrony of null and cognate objects in Greek

Nikolaos Lavidas | pp. 307–342

Part IV. Split intransitivity

Split intransitivity in Irish and the syntax-semantics interface

Aidan Doyle | pp. 345–372

Semantic constraints on the Latin impersonal passive: On telicity and agentivity

Maria Napoli | pp. 373–404

Auxiliary selection in German: Constructional gradience with perfect formation

Elke Diedrichsen | pp. 405–434

Tornar and volver: The interplay of frequency and semantics in compound tense auxiliary selection in Medieval and Classical Spanish

Malte Rosemeyer | pp. 435–458

Part V. Existential and presentational constructions

Control and the evolution of possessive and existential constructions

Denis Creissels | pp. 461–476

Existential constructions: A semasiological perspective

Livio Gaeta | pp. 477–510

Variation and change in the presentational constructions of north-western Italo-Romance varieties

M. Mair Parry | pp. 511–548

Argument realization and existential pro-forms in early Italo-Romance

Francesco Maria Ciconte | pp. 549–566

Author index | pp. 567–572

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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