
Argument Realization
Cambridge University Press
Published on 20. June 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-521-66376-2 (ISBN)
Description
The relationship between verbs and their arguments is a widely debated topic in linguistics. This comprehensive 2005 survey provides an overview of this important area of research, exploring theories of how a verb's semantics can determine the morphosyntactic realization of its arguments. Assuming a close connection between verb meaning and syntactic structure, it provides a bridge between lexical-semantic and syntactic research, synthesizing the results of work from a range of linguistic subdisciplines and in a variety of theoretical frameworks. The first four chapters survey leading theories about event structure and conceptualization. The fifth and sixth chapters focus on the mapping from lexical semantics to morphosyntax and include a detailed discussion of the thematic hierarchy. The final chapter reviews treatments of multiple argument realization. With useful bibliographic references and clear definitions of relevant terms, this book will be invaluable to students and researchers in syntax and semantics, as well as those in related fields.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
471 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-66376-2 (9780521663762)
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Beth Levin | Malka Rappaport Hovav
Argument Realization
Book
06/2005
Cambridge University Press
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Persons
Beth Levin is William H. Bonsall Professor in the Humanities at the Department of Linguistics, Stanford University. Malka Rappaport Hovav is Professor in the Department of English, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Author
Stanford University, California
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Content
Introduction; 1. Challenges for theories of argument realization; 2. Semantic role lists; 3. Current approaches to lexical semantic representation; 4. Three conceptualizations of events; 5. The mapping from lexical semantics to syntax; 6. Thematic hierarchies in argument realization; 7. Multiple argument realization; 8. Postscript.