Alexander Williams

Arguments in Syntax and Semantics

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Produktbeschreibung

A guide to the relations between a predicate and its arguments, for researchers and advanced students in linguistics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 497g
• ISBN-13: 9780521151726
• ISBN-10: 0521151724
• Artikelnr.: 41608942

Autorenporträt

Alexander Williams is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he teaches semantics, syntax, and philosophy of language.

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Background: 1. Syntax
2. Semantics
Part II. Kinds of Arguments: 3. Arguments in syntax
4. Arguments in semantics
5. Implicit arguments
Part III. Analysis of Argument Relations: 6. Thematic relations
7. Agent and patient
8. Role iteration
9. Separation
10. Event structure
11. Linking and framing
Part IV. Case Studies: 12. Passives
13. Resultatives
Glossary
References
Index.