Proto-Properties and Grammatical Encoding: A Correspondence Theory of Argument Selection

by John Moore and Farrell Ackerman

Book Overview

This book develops a comprehensive proto-property theory of argument encoding based on the work of David Dowty (1989, 1991): such a theory is intended to cover much of the empirical ground of mapping/linking theories in identifying the principles of correspondence between the lexical semantics of predicators and the relational and case encodings of their arguments. In this theory the authors identify two basic strategies for the organization of lexical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575861666
• ISBN13: 9781575861661
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"