A compositional theory of verbal argument structure that explores how" noncore" arguments
are introduced into argument structures and examines cross-linguistic variation in …

The striking parallels across languages in the syntactic expression of “argument structure”
broadly construed has led within generative grammar, at least since Generative Semantics …

This dissertation is a study of the syntactic and semantic properties of dative arguments. The
main source of data is Spanish, where dative arguments can appear with all types of verbs …

This book is concerned with anticausative verbs, ie, the intransitive version of verbs that
undergo the causative alternation. The main topic is the investigation of the so-called …

This collection of recent essays (arranged in order of composition) has running strongly
through it both comparative syntax, which uses differences between languages as a new …

This thesis is a theoretical investigation of various dimensions of symmetry exhibited in
human language. I discuss two kinds of symmetry: AGREEMENT SYMMETRY and …

Finishing this book was one of the most difficult things I have ever done. It took far too long
from original idea to page proofs and suffered from being relegated to small corners of my …

Argument structure-the pattern of underlying relations between a predicate and its
dependents-is at the base of syntactic theory and the theory of the interface with semantics …

Islands and Chains Page 1 Islands and Chains Resumption as stranding Cedric Boeckx John
Benjamins Publishing Company Linguistik Aktuell Linguistics Today 63 Page 2 Islands and …

Semitic templates systematically encode two dimensions of verb meaning:(a) agency, the
thematic role of the verb's external argument, and (b) voice. The assumption that this form …