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Syntax and the lexicon
Authors: Roussou, Anna
Reviewer: Georgiafentis, Michail
Subject: HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS > STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE > GRAMMAR > THEORIES AND MODELS OF GRAMMAR > FORMAL GRAMMARS > GENERATIVE TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS > THEORY AND METHOD
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS > LINGUISTIC UNITS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS > STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS > LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > LINGUISTICS > FIELDS OF LINGUISTICS > FIELDS RELATED TO THE STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE > SYNTAX
Keywords:
Minimalism
Lexicon
Features
Theta-roles
Arguments
Predicate
VP-shell
Unaccusatives
Ergatives
Intransitives
Transitives
Causatives
Anticausatives
Description:
Abstract:
In this chapter we examine the syntax-lexicon relation. This chapter consists of 5 sections, plus a section that summarises the discussion, followed by bibliographical notes, bibliography, and indicative questions and answers. Section one analyses lexical items as bundles of features with empahsis on formal features. Section two examines argument structure and the role of the predicate. Section three examines some problems with the assignment of theta-roles. Section four shows how the configurational approach to theta-roles works. It shows that the external argument is also VP-internal, while three-place predicates support the analysis that there is a ligh v above the VP. The light v is responsible for the licensing of an external argument, while internal arguments are merged within the VP. Finally, section five shows how this approach allows us to express the different structures that correspond to the number of arguments (unergatives, unaccusatives, transitives, double object constructions). This chapter aims at showing how syntax expresses the information provided from the lexicon. It also aims at showing how syntactic argumentation proceeds on the basis of the empirical data and how a working hypothesis can be formulated.
Table of Contents:
Syntax and the Lexicon
4.1. Morphosyntactic features
4.2. Argument structure and theta-roles
4.3. Theta-roles and thematic hierarchy: problems
4.4. The configurational approach to theta-roles: the light v
4.4.1. The thematic position of the subject
4.4.2. Double object verbs
4.5. General remarks on the configurational approach to theta-roles
4.6. Summary
4.7. Suggestions for further reading
Bibliography
Exercise 1
Instructions for answering
Excercise 2
Instructions for answering
Exercise 3
Instructions for answering
Linguistic Editors: Vlachos, Christos
Fragkaki, Georgia
Technical Editors: Ioannis, Angelakos
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
Item Details:
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/585
Bibliographic Reference: Roussou, A. (2015). Syntax and the lexicon [Chapter]. In Roussou, A. 2015. SYNTAX [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/585
Language: Greek
Is Part of: SYNTAX
Number of pages 25
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions