Linking: The Geometry of Argument Structure

by Janet Randall and Janet H. Randall

Book Overview

Linking - how semantic arguments map to the syntax - is one of the challenges for theories of the syntax-semantics interface. In this new approach, Janet Randall explores the hypothesis that the positions of syntactic arguments are strictly determined by lexical argument geometry. Yielding novel - if sometimes surprising - conclusions, her Isomorphic Linking Hypothesis establishes the linking patterns of a wide range of verbs and, with those results,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400705328
• ISBN13: 9789400705326
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"