Collins, Chris,  1963- <br/><br/>
Principles of argument structure :  a merge-based approach / 
Chris Collins. 
 - 1 online resource :  illustrations. 
 - Linguistic Inquiry Monographs ; .
 - Linguistic inquiry monographs. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/> "An original argument about argument structure that extends the work of a veteran MIT author"--  In Principles of Argument Structure, Chris Collins investigates principles of argument structure in minimalist syntax through an in-depth analysis of properties of the English passive construction. He formulates a new theory of argument structure based on the only structure-building operation in minimalist syntax, Merge, which puts together two syntactic objects to form a larger one. This new theory should give rise to detailed cross-linguistic work on the syntactic and semantic properties of implicit arguments. Collins presents an update and defense of his influential 2005 theory of the passive, including a completely original theory of implicit arguments. He makes a direct empirical argument for the Theta-Criterion against various claims that it should be eliminated. He also discusses the conception of voice in syntactic theory, arguing that VoiceP does not introduce external arguments, a position otherwise widely accepted in the field. He shows how the "smuggling" approach to the passive extends naturally to the dative alternation accounting for a number of striking c-command asymmetries. He compares syntactic and semantic approaches to argument structure, outlining conceptual problems with adopting formal semantics as the basis for a theory of argument structure. The book will be of interest not only to syntacticians and semanticists, but also to typologists investigating the cross-linguistic properties of the passive, psycholinguists and computer scientists working on natural language understanding, and philosophers thinking about the issue of "implicit content." It includes an appendix that provides common-sense guidelines for doing syntactic research using internet data. -- from Website 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262379120 0262379120 9780262379137 0262379139 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>15436  MIT Press 9780262379137  MIT Press 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2023036901 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Passive voice.<br/>English language--Verb phrase.<br/>English language--Syntax.<br/>Construction grammar.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax PHILOSOPHY / Language 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1285  / .C65 2024 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>427