Argument Structure

La ressource Nomage. Confronter les attentes théoriques aux observations du comportement linguistique des nominalisations en corpus

by Rafael Marín

Balvet, A., L. Barque, M.H. Condette, P. Haas, R. Huyghe, R. Marín, A. Merlo (2012). To appear in TAL, vol. 53.

Argument Linearization In Dutch: a Multifactorial Phenomenon

by Monique Lamers

When "wee wretched words" wield weight: the impact of verbal particles on transitivity

by Bert Cappelle

In: Marja Nenonen and Sinikka Niemi (eds.), Collocations and Idioms 1:
Papers from the First Nordic Conference on Syntactic Freezes,
Joensuu, Finland, May 19-20, 2006 (Studies in Language 41.)
Joensuu: Joensuu University Press, 41-54.

Towards a typology of verb-argument idioms

by Ruth Singer

Towards a typology of verb-argument idioms

by Ruth Singer

Chains of freedom: Constraints and creativity in the macro-verb strategies of Mwotlap

by Alex François

François, Alexandre. 2004. Chains of freedom: Constraints and creativity in the macro-verb strategies of Mwotlap. In I. Bril and F. Ozanne-Rivierre (eds), Complex predicates in Oceanic languages: Studies in the dynamics of binding and boundness. Empirical Approaches to Language Typology. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Pp.107-143.

In Mwotlap (north Vanuatu), most verb phrases consist of two or more verb roots chained together <V1-V2…>,... more In Mwotlap (north Vanuatu), most verb phrases consist of two or more verb roots chained together <V1-V2…>, acting like a single verb. Although a clear case of verb serialization, such phrases reveal a strong asymmetry between their free verb head (V1), and what appears to be little more than a post-head modifier (V2). Because the resulting “macro-verb” can only refer to a single action, its internal structure has to obey strict rules; this paper analyses the way the valencies of both component verbs are capable of consistently merging into that of the whole macro-verb, avoiding such things as conflicts between competing objects. Constraining though they may be, these syntactic rules turn out to be a powerful tool serving the speaker's creativity: indeed, this paradoxical “chained freedom” brings about spectacular paths of evolution in the history of Mwotlap macro-verb strategies.

Serial verb constructions in Mwotlap

by Alex François

François, Alexandre. 2006. Serial verb constructions in Mwotlap. In R.M.W. Dixon & Alexandra Aikhenvald (eds), Serial Verb Constructions: A cross-linguistic typology, Explorations in Linguistic Typology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 223-238.

This is a preprint. For the published version, see http://bit.ly/AF-SVC-2006.

DIFFERENTIAL OBJECT MARKING IN NEO-ARAMAIC

by Eleanor Coghill

To be published in Linguistics. Will have to take this down for a year once I've signed copyright.

Agentivity and epxeriencer verbs in Catalan and Mayangna and the roles of little 'v'

by Ricard Viñas-de-Puig

Published in 'Journal of Portuguese Linguistics', 7(2), 151-172.

Using Catalan and Mayangna data as evidence, I claim that experiencer predicates are drawn from a universal structure,... more Using Catalan and Mayangna data as evidence, I claim that experiencer predicates are drawn from a universal structure, headed by the functional projection vEXPP. According to this structure, an experience-denoting N is merged with a V-head to obtain an experience predication, which may take a source of experience phrase as its specifier. The experiencer, introduced by the vEXP head, c-commands the source of experience allowing for a ‘parasitic’ possession relationship. Additionally, the data presented here show that a limited subset of experience phrases allow an agentive reading. I argue that such agentive interpretation is the result of the merging in the structure of an agentive functional head, vAG, generated above vEXPP. In turn, this agentive functional head is responsible for the introduction of the agentive, external argument.

RhetWars

by Jameson Hogan

Designed as part of credit for attending an Educational Technology seminar series.

This project took an existing card game, "Bone Wars," and re-imagined it as a tool for teaching elements of... more This project took an existing card game, "Bone Wars," and re-imagined it as a tool for teaching elements of rhetorical history. Instead of famous archaeologists, players take on the roles of noted rhetors, each with their own benefits to play. Instead of skeletons, players construct arguments based around traditional models. Although not a paper in the traditional sense, this project drew upon my scholarship in game studies as well as rhetorical criticism. It also included an amusing round of playtests with friends and fellow students.

Gustar-type verbs

by Victoria Vázquez

The Universal Basis of Case

by Scott DeLancey

Logos and Language 1.2:1-15 (2000)

The Rhetorical Organisational Potential of Interactive Written Texts

by alexanne don

Chapter 8 in Ho, C & Teo, P (2007) "Discourse in the Modern World: Perspectives and Challenges". Singapore: McGraw Hill

This chapter outlines a framework for analysing the "rhetorical organisation potential" of interactive... more This chapter outlines a framework for analysing the "rhetorical organisation potential" of interactive written texts in asynchronous contexts. This 'potential' is viewed as a combination of three layers or tracks in the texts, whose signals overlap to suggest boundary conditions - or changes in stance - during the unfolding of the texts' arguments. Each layer in the analytic framework attends to conventional signals developed in (what can be labelled) one community of practice (e.g. Eckert & McConnell-Ginet 1998). Such signals were identified as typical of a small corpus of representative texts, and thus contributed to a description of the texts as a macro-genre.

Syntactic variation through lexical exponents: middle formation in Norwegian and Swedish

by Mike Putnam

Co-authored w/ Antonio Fabregas (University of Tromsø)

Archaeology After Structuralism

by Kim Dammers

Leibniz' Argument for Innate Ideas

by Byron Kaldis

Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy, Blackwell, 2011

Leibniz’s Arguments for the existence of petites perceptions in his Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain (1704 Leibniz’s Arguments for the existence of petites perceptions in his Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain (1704

Dialogue-in-process. Review of Frans H. van Eemeren and B. Garssen (eds.), Pondering on Problems of Argumentation. Twenty Essays on Theoretical Issues. …

by Sara Greco Morasso

Thematic roles, event structure, and argument encoding in semantically aligned languages

by Peter Arkadiev

In: S. Wichmann, M. Donohue (eds.), The Typology of Semantic Alignment. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 101–117.

Defeasible Rules and Interpersonal Accountability

by Bruce Chapman

forthcoming in J. Ferrer & G.B. Ratti (eds.) Essays in Legal Defeasibility (Oxford University Press 2011).

Rising possessors in Spanish

by Antonio Fábregas

Submited to Iberia.