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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... Passive sentences involving cognate objects 127 4.6 Some syntactic properties of cognate objects 130 4.7 Conclusion 134 CHAPTER 5 The pseudo-passive construction and unergativity 137 5.1 Introduction 137 5.2 Unergative restriction on ...
... Passive sentences involving cognate objects 127 4.6 Some syntactic properties of cognate objects 130 4.7 Conclusion 134 CHAPTER 5 The pseudo-passive construction and unergativity 137 5.1 Introduction 137 5.2 Unergative restriction on ...
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... Passive Construction: ex. That bed was slept in by Napoleon. e. Extraposition from Subject NPs: ex. [A man with blond hair] appeared. (underlying sentence) ... sentences is taken into consideration, and that therefore it is not possible to ...
... Passive Construction: ex. That bed was slept in by Napoleon. e. Extraposition from Subject NPs: ex. [A man with blond hair] appeared. (underlying sentence) ... sentences is taken into consideration, and that therefore it is not possible to ...
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... sentences (34a,b) have the following structures and derivation (see the discussion given in Chapters 2—4). (36) a ... passive sentences take the direct object position at D-structure and move to the specifier position of IP at S ...
... sentences (34a,b) have the following structures and derivation (see the discussion given in Chapters 2—4). (36) a ... passive sentences take the direct object position at D-structure and move to the specifier position of IP at S ...
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... passive verbs are considered to constitute a sub class of unaccusative verbs. The syntactic analyses that postulate ... sentences and their structures: (38) a. The boy burned the letter. (transitive sentence) b. The letter burned ...
... passive verbs are considered to constitute a sub class of unaccusative verbs. The syntactic analyses that postulate ... sentences and their structures: (38) a. The boy burned the letter. (transitive sentence) b. The letter burned ...
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... sentences are acceptable. On the other hand, break and sink in (50a,b) are unaccusative verbs, representing nonvolitional events of their subject referents, and the sentences are unacceptable. Pseudo-passive sentences are passive sentences ...
... sentences are acceptable. On the other hand, break and sink in (50a,b) are unaccusative verbs, representing nonvolitional events of their subject referents, and the sentences are unacceptable. Pseudo-passive sentences are passive sentences ...
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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