Approaches to Complex Predicates

296 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Complex predicates can be loosely defined as a sequence of items that behave as a single predicate, projecting a single argument structure within a clause. Each of the members of the predicate contributes part of the information ordinarily associated with a single head. The present volume presents a collection of theoretical linguistic results on the study of complex predicates in different perspectives and with a variety of approaches. Important empirical and theoretical issues cutting across various subfields of linguistics are being addressed in this book, such as: - Syntactic and semantic modeling of complex predicate formation: compositionality, argument structure, event structure. - Differences between syntactic and morphological processes of lexeme formation. - Typological and diachronic issues in complex predicate formation. - Neo-Davidsonian analyses of abstract predicate decomposition and its morphological correlates. Contributors are: Ane Berro, Denis Creissels, Hannah Gibson, Adele Goldberg, Lutz Marten, Annie Montaut, Léa Nash, Pooja Paul, Pollet Samvelian, Peter Svenonius, and Susanne Wurmbrand.

• Themen: Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik Grammatik, Syntax und Morphologie
• ISBN: 9789004306981
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.11.2015
• Größe: 241 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Brill
• Herausgegeben von: Léa Nash, Pollet Samvelian