Argument Realization

by Malka Rappaport Hovav and Beth Levin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521663768
• ISBN13: 9780521663762
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"