Aspect and Predication: The Semantics of Argument Structure

by Gillian Catriona Ramchand

This book investigates the systematic correspondences between syntactic structure and semantic interpretation in the domain of predicate-argument relationships. Taking Scottish Gaelic as its empirical base, the book provides a detailed working out of a semantic system of argument classification which moves away from lexically-driven thematic roles in the traditional sense and towards a more constrained, syntactically motivated, set of primitives.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198236514
• ISBN13: 9780198236511
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"