The basic structure of argument critical thinkers world. Linguistic inquiry monograph 18, 19901, journal of semantics, volume 11, issue we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Chapter 4 argument structure and case assigning properties of. Lexicality and argument structure1 joan bresnan paris syntax and semantics conference october 12, 1995 1 the problem argument structure has two faces, semantic and syntactic. The semantics according to standard assumptions, the causative predicate would contain the functor or predicator cause, which takes two arguments. Chapter 4 argument structure and case assigning properties.
Grimshaw, jane 1985 english wh constructions and the theory of grammar. A conversation analytic account of the interactional. On the argument structure of causatives 521 syntactic expression of arguments, given a set of principles for mapping argument struc ture to syntax. She is known for her contributions to the areas of syntax, optimality theory, language acquisition, and lexical representation. Grimshaws 1990 original classification divides nominals into those which can support argumentstructure complex event nominals and those which cannot simple. Grimshaw focuses on interrogative and exclamative complements, yet her claim regarding the independence of syntactic and semantic selection is general.
Chapter 2 argument structure each category affects the grammaticality of a sentence differently. On the contribution of argument structure constructions to. Chapter 4 argument structure and case assigning properties of nouns 4. A lexically based proposal of argument structure meaning. Transpositions and argument structure springerlink. Child learning of verb argument structure appropriate usage of verbs is guided by the knowledge of verb argument structure. This study examined the neural instantiation of verbs by argument structure complexity. This is the argument of grimshaw 2001, 2002 with respect to economy of structure and grimshaw 2006a with respect to chains, i.
As 1 illustrates, nouns such as examination are ambiguous between an event reading that supports argument structure as, and a nonevent reading that does not. Chapter3 argument structure and the conceptual framework. In the most traditional view, argument structure is a cover term for the. In line with this reasoning and on the basis of her thematic hierarchy, grimshaw argues that arguments. In grimshaw s approach, this predicts that the head inherits a reduced verbal event structure which should be able to accommodate only the lowest argument of the vp, namely, the object. Curriculum vitae may 2011 jane grimshaw citizenship education. Neural correlates of verb argument structure processing. Pdf the basic elements of argument structure researchgate. Relationships between theory and acquisition 271 12.
The conventional view of argument structure is that a verb is given a set of arguments. I am from from bc162 section and my lecturer is mr. Argument structure linguistic inquiry monographs linguistic inquiry monographs 18 volume 18 9780262570909 by grimshaw, jane and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. General purpose verbs and constructional meaning as represented in table 3, the meanings of the most frequent verbs used in particular argument structure constructions bear a striking resemblance to the meanings independently posited for those argument structure constructions. Argument structure this chapter deals with the level of argument structure associated with the number of arguments a predicate takes, and their semantically determined and syntactically relevant relative prominence. The thematic hierarchy and causativity springerlink.
The main analytical focus is on passives, nominals, psychological predicates, and the theory of external arguments. I have created my first web blog for bct 1024critical thinking and application in management as part of my coursework. Geraldine legendre, jane grimshaw and sten vikner eds. We show that the constraints governing the choice of light verb follow from a syntactic approach to argument structure, and that several interpretive differences between complex and simplex predicates formed from the same verb root can be accounted for in a compositional, bottomup approach. The conventionalview of argument structure is that a verb is given a set of arguments and associated diacritics indicating how they are realized. On the contribution of argument structure constructions to sentence meaning for korean 267 figure 1 the general relations among english ascs 2. The argument structure and syntactic structure of resultatives. The paper has benefited from the comments of participants in the research workshop in argument structure at the department of language and linguistics, university of essex, participants at the workshop on inflection, 8th morphology conference, vienna, 6th february, 1996, the audience at the linguistics association of great britain, spring 1997. The input for a verbal extended projection is a lexical head plus its argument structure and an assignment of lexical heads to its arguments, plus a specification of the associated tense and semantically meaningful auxiliaries. The argument structure of verbal reflexives article pdf available in natural language and linguistic theory 192. Lexical semantics and argument realization syllabus. Following the convention in theoretical syntax, the subject and objects of a verb are called its. Argument structure is a contribution to linguistics at the interface between lexical syntax and lexical semantics.
The rt hon tessa jowell mp, chair of the millennium commission and former secretary of state for culture, media and sport. The grammar of english deverbal compounds and their meaning. The term argument structure is used here to refer to the syntactic. It formulates an original and highly predictive theory of argument structure that accounts for a large number of syntactic phenomena.
A computational model of early argument structure acquisition. On the semantic side, argument structure represents the core participants in events states, processes designated by a single predicator. Watch clients, members of the public, and grimshaw s team share their insights into the schemes that define our practice and how we work. For verbs, the most conspicuous property is transitivity, which we investigate in this chapter. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. In this article we investigate the argument structure of resultative verbs in order to. Case studies will include the intransitivity of twoargument verbs and dative verbs and the dative alternation. Chapter3 argument structure and the conceptual framework 3. Grimshaw assumes that in addition to an argument structure that is hierarchically ordered according to a thematic hierar chy, every verb is provided with an event structure based on an aspectual hierarchy. Nominalizations in ing, which in grimshaws model are regarded as complex event nominals analyzable in terms of aspectual distinctions and having an associated argument structure, may display. Verb argument structure details the semantic relations of a verb to its argumentsthat is, the participants in the event the verb describesand how those arguments are mapped into valid. Jane barbara grimshaw born 1951 is a distinguished professor in the department of linguistics at rutgers universitynew brunswick. Looking back over the legacy of our work we feel that there are some amazing stories to tell about our buildings.
The massive literature which appeals to last resorts contains several points that are quite striking and support the idea that the concept of a last resort lacks theoretical content in the absence of a. Ford contends that counsel for grimshaw committed prejudicial misconduct during argument to the jury by arguing matters not supported by the evidence, exaggerating, mischaracterizing experts testimony, arguing evidence which had been excluded, and arguing evidence admitted for a limited purpose as if it had been admitted for all purposes. Apart from cens, grimshaw distinguished two other types of nominals, namely, simple. Peter coopmans, martin everaert and jane grimshaw eds, john benjamins. In the course of argument structure, jane grimshaw suggests that, contrary to the prevailing view, argument structure is in fact structured. Previous studies on the sorting task in efl settings as mentioned before in section 1, there are many supportive eflbased replications using the sorting task in bencini and goldberg 2000. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Lexicality and argument structure1 stanford university. The argument structure of a verb is the lexical information about the arguments of a generally verbal predicate and their semantic and syntactic properties. Prince and smolensky 1993, which generates all extended. Grimshaw s 1990 original classification divides nominals into those which can support argument structure complex event nominals and those which cannot simple. Thus argument structure is an interface between the semantics and syntax of predicators which we may take to be verbs in the general case.
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