Thematic structure : its role in grammar / I.M. Roca, ed.

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List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Thematic conditions on syntactic structures: evidence from locative applicatives -- 1. Background: benefactive and instrumental applicatives -- 2. The problem of locative applicatives -- 2.1. Chichewa -- 2.2. Kinyarwanda and Sesotho -- 3. The role of the applied affix -- 4. Contrast 1: Chichewa vs. Sesotho -- 5. Contrast 2: Kinyarwanda vs. Chichewa/Sesotho -- 6. Chichewa benefactive applicatives revisited -- 7. Implications -- Notes -- References -- Morphology, semantics and argument structure

1. Introduction2. Lexical-conceptual structure -- 3. Morphological operations on LCS -- 4. Verbal prefixation and LCS -- 5. Middle verbs -- 6. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Deverbal compounds and the external argument -- 1. English deverbal compounds -- 2. Italian deverbal compounds -- 3. Italian and English -- 4. English deverbal compounds revisited -- 5. Summary -- Notes -- References -- Sentence accents and argument structure -- 1. Bresnan�s account: the Nuclear Stress Rule -- 2. The generalization

2.1 Difficulty of perceiving nonfinal accents2.2. Two PP�s in one argument -- 3. Exploiting the generalization -- 3.1 Multiword predicates -- 3.2. Embedded clauses -- 4. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- The syntactic character of thematic structure -- 0. Introduction -- 1. The double object construction -- 2. Conflation as incorporation -- 3. Other patterns of conflation -- 4. Lexical representations -- 5. D-structure representations -- 6. Problems of method and the determination of Lexical Relational Structures

7. Conflations and the English middle construction8. Conflation from the inner subject position -- 9. The relational structures of location and locatum verbs -- 10. Functional categories in the lexicon -- 11. Some final remarks -- Notes -- References -- Aspect and Theta Theory -- 1. The problem -- 2. Resultatives -- 2.1. Small clauses -- 2.2. Resultatives -- 2.3. Conclusion -- 3. Licensing -- 3.1. The theory of modification -- 3.2. Aspect and Aktionsart -- 3.3. Licensing Resultatives -- 3.4. Accomplishments

4. Morphologically complex accomplishments5. Morphologically simplex verbs -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Raising in syntax, semantics and cognition -- 1. Introduction and overview -- 2. Raising patterns in syntax -- 3. Raising patterns in semantics -- 4. The function of raising -- 5. Raising patterns in cognition -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Secondary predication as a diagnostic of underlying structure in Pama-Nyungan languages -- 1. Part-whole constructions in Warlpiri -- 2. Stative predicates in Warlpiri

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