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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... position (see Chapter 5). By way of example, the unergative sentence in (34a) and the unaccusative sentence in (34b) ... specifier position ofIP (: S) at both D- and S-structure, while those of unaccusative verbs take the direct object ...
... position (see Chapter 5). By way of example, the unergative sentence in (34a) and the unaccusative sentence in (34b) ... specifier position ofIP (: S) at both D- and S-structure, while those of unaccusative verbs take the direct object ...
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Susumu Kuno, Ken-ichi Takami. unaccusative verbs take the direct object position at D-structure, and move to the specifier position ofIP at S-structure to receive nominative Case. Therefore, sentences (34a,b) have the following ...
Susumu Kuno, Ken-ichi Takami. unaccusative verbs take the direct object position at D-structure, and move to the specifier position ofIP at S-structure to receive nominative Case. Therefore, sentences (34a,b) have the following ...
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Susumu Kuno, Ken-ichi Takami. specifier position of IP at S-structure to be assigned nominative Case. Therefore, passive verbs are considered to constitute a sub class of unaccusative verbs. The syntactic analyses that postulate the ...
Susumu Kuno, Ken-ichi Takami. specifier position of IP at S-structure to be assigned nominative Case. Therefore, passive verbs are considered to constitute a sub class of unaccusative verbs. The syntactic analyses that postulate the ...
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... position (the specifier position ofIP) throughout the derivation. On the other hand, unaccusative verbs are (i) those whose subjects are semantically themes or patients (e.g., burn, sink, tremble, slip), (ii) those of existence and ...
... position (the specifier position ofIP) throughout the derivation. On the other hand, unaccusative verbs are (i) those whose subjects are semantically themes or patients (e.g., burn, sink, tremble, slip), (ii) those of existence and ...
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... specifier position ofIP throughout the derivation. Therefore, it has no way of moving down into the object position, and sentences such as (2a—d) are not derived.4 How is Case assigned to the logical subject in (3a—c) and (4a—c)? The ...
... specifier position ofIP throughout the derivation. Therefore, it has no way of moving down into the object position, and sentences such as (2a—d) are not derived.4 How is Case assigned to the logical subject in (3a—c) and (4a—c)? 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