Icelandic Morphosyntax and Argument Structure

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Wood, Jim (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 90
• Θέματα: Linguistics.; Germanic languages.; Semantics.; Syntax.; Germanic Languages.

This book provides a detailed study of Icelandic argument structure alternations within a syntactic theory of argument structure. Building on recent theorizing within the Minimalist Program and Distributed Morphology, the author proposes that much of what is traditionally attributed to syntax should...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• 2. The Morphosyntax of –st
• 3. DP Internal Argument – The Causative Alternation
• 4. pP Internal Argument – Figure Reflexives and Object  ‘Demotion’
• 5. Applicatives and Applied Datives
• 6. More on the Syntax of –st Verbs
• Conclusion
• References
• Index.