Icelandic Morphosyntax and Argument Structure Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Wood, Jim (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319348116 ISBN-13: 9783319348117 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Foreign Language Study | German - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics |
Dewey: 401.43 |
Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory |
Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.05 lbs) 316 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book provides a detailed study of Icelandic argument structure alternations within a syntactic theory of argument structure. Building on recent theorizing within the Minimalist Program and Distributed Morphology, the author proposes that much of what is traditionally attributed to syntax should be relegated to the interfaces, and adapts the late insertion theory of morphology to semantics. The resulting system forms sound-meaning pairs by generating hierarchical structures that can be translated into morphological representations, on the one hand, and semantic representations, on the other. The syntactic primitives, however, underdetermine both morphophonology and semantics. Without appealing to special stipulations, the theory derives constraints on the external argument of causative-alternation verbs, interpretive restrictions on nominative objects, and the optionally agentive interpretation of verbs denoting self-directed motion. |