Structuring the Argument
Multidisciplinary research on verb argument structure
1st Edition
Published on 24. July 2014
VII, 205 pages
978-90-272-7010-8 (ISBN)
Description
While the argument structure of verbs has long been a central issue in linguistic research of all varieties and continues to be a vexed area of research across a wide range of theoretical and empirical approaches, the inter-disciplinary perspective and dialogue remain largely under explored. This collection stems from an interest to find and explore practical, tangible points of intersection between theoretical linguists, psycholinguists and neurolinguists working on problems related to the representation and processing of verbs and their associated thematic structure. The book is organized around three core themes, (i) the basic building blocks of verbal representations and modes of construction of the verb-argument complex, (ii) non-canonical argument structure realization, with a particular focus on object-experiencer psych verbs, and (iii) the promises and challenges of neurolinguistic and psycholinguistic investigation into argument structure and the prospects for the future of interdisciplinary research on verb argument structure.
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Multidisciplinary research on verb argument structure
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- Structuring the Argument
- Editorial page
- Title page
- LCC data
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Argumenting the structure
- 1. The mapping question
- 2. Non canonical argument structure realization
- 3. Neurobiological models
- References
- Part I. The general issue: Verb argument structure
- Can we dance without doing a dance? Two opposite views on the integration of roots in the syntactic
- 1. Introduction: Roots in theories of argument structure
- 2. Marantz (2011): Roots can only be adjuncts. A critical reply
- 3. Three additional reasons to allow roots in complement position
- 4. Conclusions
- Notes
- Determining argument structure in sign languages
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The lexicon of SLs: A brief overview
- 3. Distributed Morphology accounts
- 4. Classifier predicates and argument structure
- 5. Discussion and future prospects
- 6. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- The processing and representation of light verb constructions
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Investigating the processing of light verb constructions
- 3. Repercussions for grammatical theories of light verb constructions
- 4. Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- Part II. Non-canonical argument structure realization
- Luigi piace a Laura? Electrophysiological evidence for thematic reanalysis with Italian dative objec
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theoretical considerations
- 3. Processing sentences with object experiencer verbs
- 4. The present study
- 5. General discussion
- 6. Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Appendix
- Causative nominalizations: Implications for the structure of psych verbs
- 1. Introduction
- 2. OE verbs and causative nominalizations
- 3. Argumental PPs in the OE-SE alternation in Greek and Romanian
- 4. A syntactic analysis for CPNs
- 5. CPNs in English
- 6. Conclusions and predictions
- Notes
- References
- Part III. Neurobiological models
- Neurocognitive mechanisms of verb argument structure processing
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Argument structure in language processing models and theoretical linguistics
- 3. The neural instantiation of argument structure processing
- 4. A neurocognitive model of verb argument structure processing
- Notes
- References
- Argument structure: Between linguistics and neuroimaging
- Defining a question
- Methodological considerations
- A case study: The derivation of reflexive verbs
- Concluding remarks
- Note
- References
- Argument structure: Creating a productive space for theory and experimentation
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The causative-inchoative alternation
- 3. A blueprint for successful interaction
- 4. Conclusion
- Note
- References
- Language index
- Subject index
