Generalized semantic roles, variously known as semantic macroroles or proto-roles, play a
central role in the syntax-semantics interface in many monostratal syntactic theories. This …

In this rich reference work, Beth Levin classifies over 3,000 English verbs according to
shared meaning and behavior. Levin starts with the hypothesis that a verb's meaning …

The extensively updated fourth edition of the leading introductory textbook on theoretical
syntax, including an all-new chapter and additional problem sets Now in its fourth edition …

This book presents the most complete exposition of the theory of head-driven phrase
structure grammar (HPSG), introduced in the authors' Information-Based Syntax and …

Lexical-Functional Syntax, 2nd Edition, the definitive text for Lexical Functional Grammar
(LFG) with a focus on syntax, is updated to reflect recent developments in the field. Provides …

At earlier stages of the theory of government and binding (Chomsky 1981), the binding
theory was also believed to govern certain aspects of the restrictions on movement, most …

This book began as conversations that took place as the alphabetically prior author was
writing his doctoral dissertation at Stanford University. Geography and complex personal …

1.1 Two Conceptions of Grammar The reader may wonder, why would a college offer
courses on grammar–a topic that is usually thought of as part of junior high school …

The pragmatic force of a sentence and the pragmatic roles of discourse participants have
traditionally been considered to be peripheral to the syntactic component of Grammar …

This article argues that natural languages have two binding strategies that create two types
of bound variable pronouns. Pronouns of the first type, which include local fake indexicals …