30.378, Books: Encoding Events: Hui

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Subject: 30.378, Books: Encoding Events: Hui

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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 15:43:05
From: Alyssa Russell [Alyssa.Russell at oup.com]
Subject: Encoding Events: Hui

 


Title: Encoding Events 
Subtitle: Functional Structure and Variation 
Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us
	

Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/encoding-events-9780198808473 


Author: Xuhui Hui

Paperback: ISBN:  9780198808473 Pages: 256 Price: U.S. $ 39.95


Abstract:

This volume presents theoretical and empirical research on the syntax of
events within the broader framework of generative grammar, focusing on the
central question of how conceptual meaning interacts with narrow syntactic
computation. Xuhui Hu proposes a set of integration conditions that require
the content of the predicate to be licensed by theta-role information
generated by narrow syntax. The other principal theoretical component of the
book concerns the functional structure of events, which is related to issues
such as the parallel between the event and nominal domains, the mapping of a
predicate onto an entity, and the grammatical foundation of verb
classification. The framework is applied to three areas: the syntax of
resultatives in English and Chinese, cross-linguistic and diachronic variation
in resultatives, and applicative constructions. The findings shed light on the
thematic relationship between core arguments and predicates and on the syntax
of non-core arguments, contribute to the theory of parametric variation in the
generative tradition, and provide insights into the verb-framed vs
satellite-framed typology.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Morphology
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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