Functional Constraints in Grammar: On the unergative unaccusative distinctionJohn Benjamins Publishing, 2004/09/30 - 242 ページ This book examines in detail the acceptability status of sentences in the following five English constructions, and elucidates the syntactic, semantic, and functional requirements that the constructions must satisfy in order to be appropriately used: There-Construction, (One s) Way Construction, Cognate Object Construction, Pseudo-Passive Construction, and Extraposition from Subject NPs. It has been argued in the frameworks of Chomskyan generative grammar, relational grammar, conceptual semantics and other syntactic theories that the acceptability of sentences in these constructions can be accounted for by the unergative unaccusative distinction of intransitive verbs. However, this book shows through a wide range of sentences that none of these constructions is sensitive to this distinction. For each construction, it shows that acceptability status is determined by a given sentence's semantic function as it interacts with syntactic constraints (which are independent of the unergative unaccusative distinction), and with functional constraints that apply to it in its discourse context. |
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... direct object and its transitive version, has often been referred to as an 'ergative' verb in the literature. This term derives from the 'ergative' case in ergative languages. In English (and in many other languages such as German ...
... direct object and its transitive version, has often been referred to as an 'ergative' verb in the literature. This term derives from the 'ergative' case in ergative languages. In English (and in many other languages such as German ...
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... direct objects (we will discuss this point in more detail in the following section). It should be noted here that in ... object NP; therefore, a theme subject originates in the object position and is moved to the subject position (for a ...
... direct objects (we will discuss this point in more detail in the following section). It should be noted here that in ... object NP; therefore, a theme subject originates in the object position and is moved to the subject position (for a ...
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... direct object, P for predicates, and 'cl' and 'c2' for strata): (34) a. The boy skated. (unergative) b. The house burned. (unaccusative) (35) a. (I (34a)) b. (I (34b)) P P C| P C1 C2 skated the boy burned the house In (35a), as is clear ...
... direct object, P for predicates, and 'cl' and 'c2' for strata): (34) a. The boy skated. (unergative) b. The house burned. (unaccusative) (35) a. (I (34a)) b. (I (34b)) P P C| P C1 C2 skated the boy burned the house In (35a), as is clear ...
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... direct object position at D-structure, since the verb burned is unaccusative. Intransitive verbs such as burn cannot assign Case unless some extraordinary principle is invoked (see the discussion given in Chapters 2—4), and therefore ...
... direct object position at D-structure, since the verb burned is unaccusative. Intransitive verbs such as burn cannot assign Case unless some extraordinary principle is invoked (see the discussion given in Chapters 2—4), and therefore ...
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... (direct object) at the syntactic level. When a particular verb is integrated into the double object construction, the participant roles of the verb can be put in a one-to-one correspondence with the argument roles associated with the ...
... (direct object) at the syntactic level. When a particular verb is integrated into the double object construction, the participant roles of the verb can be put in a one-to-one correspondence with the argument roles associated with the ...
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3 The way construction and unergativity | 67 |
4 The cognate object construction and unergativity | 105 |
5 The pseudopassive construction and unergativity | 137 |
6 Extraposition from subject NPs and unaccusativity | 169 |
7 Conclusion | 189 |
Notes | 199 |
References | 225 |
Name index | 235 |
Subject index | 239 |
The series Constructional Approaches to Language | 243 |
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acceptability results acceptability status apple Mary argued assign accusative assumed Babe Ruth Bruce Davison Burzio Chapter characterization claim cognate object construction Constraint in 45 Construction Grammar contrast D-structure danced definite denoting existence derived describe difficulty direct object ergative ergative verbs existence or appearance extraposed Extraposition from Subject fact find first floor following examples following sentences Functional Constraint Goldberg grin grizzly bear inside verbal interpretation intransitive Iohn Kuno laughed Levin and Rappaport logical subject Mary nonvolitional events nouns object NP Observe the following ofthe one’s passive sentences Perlmutter 1978 Perlmutter and Postal predicts preposition Pseudo-Passive Construction pseudo-passive sentences Rappaport Hovav 1995 Relational Grammar satisfies screamed Section sentence results sentences involving shown smile speaker specifier position subject NP subject position surface subject syntactic Takami there-construction there-sentences transitive verbs Unaccusative Restriction unaccusative verbs unergative and unaccusative Unergative Restriction unergative verbs unergative—unaccusative distinction unusual manner verbs can appear volitional actions