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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... grizzly bear]. (Aissen, 1975;1) b. Then there danced [PP towards us] [NP a couple dressed like Napoleon and Iosephine]. c. There walked [PP into the courtroom] [NP two people I had thought were dead]. d. There swam [PP towards me] [NP ...
... grizzly bear]. (Aissen, 1975;1) b. Then there danced [PP towards us] [NP a couple dressed like Napoleon and Iosephine]. c. There walked [PP into the courtroom] [NP two people I had thought were dead]. d. There swam [PP towards me] [NP ...
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... grizzly hear I VP /\ V' PP ] ra]n out ofthe bushes b. right adjunction of subject NP to VP: IP el 1' I VP A VP NPi Ag V' PP a grizzly bear ] A ran out ofthe bushes c. there-insertion: IP NP 1' there V' PP a grizzly. 36 Functional ...
... grizzly hear I VP /\ V' PP ] ra]n out ofthe bushes b. right adjunction of subject NP to VP: IP el 1' I VP A VP NPi Ag V' PP a grizzly bear ] A ran out ofthe bushes c. there-insertion: IP NP 1' there V' PP a grizzly. 36 Functional ...
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... grizzly bear V A ran out of the bushes Note in (13b) that the trace left behind after the right adjunction of the subject NP a grizzly bear violates the following Proper Binding Condition (Fiengo (1977)), since a grizzly bear has ...
... grizzly bear V A ran out of the bushes Note in (13b) that the trace left behind after the right adjunction of the subject NP a grizzly bear violates the following Proper Binding Condition (Fiengo (1977)), since a grizzly bear has ...
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... grizzly bear]]. (outside verbal) b. *There [VP [VP [VP ran ei] [NP a grizzly bear]] [PP out of the bushes]i]. (inside verbal) (Heavy Constituent Shift of PP to sentence-final position) (see also (2a—d)) Although Lumsden does not spell ...
... grizzly bear]]. (outside verbal) b. *There [VP [VP [VP ran ei] [NP a grizzly bear]] [PP out of the bushes]i]. (inside verbal) (Heavy Constituent Shift of PP to sentence-final position) (see also (2a—d)) Although Lumsden does not spell ...
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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