Encoding Events - Functional Structure and Variation

Informationen zum Autor Xuhui Hu received his PhD in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from the University of Cambridge in 2015, and is now Assistant Professor at the Institute of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Peking University. His research interests include syntactic theory, comparative and diachronic syntax, morphology, and pragmatics. Klappentext This book explores the syntax of events in the framework of generative grammar, focusing on the question of how conceptual meaning interacts with narrow syntactic computation. It provides insights into parametric theory, the relationship between core arguments and predicates, the syntax of non-core arguments, and the verb/satellite-framed typology. Zusammenfassung This book explores the syntax of events in the framework of generative grammar, focusing on the question of how conceptual meaning interacts with narrow syntactic computation. It provides insights into parametric theory, the relationship between core arguments and predicates, the syntax of non-core arguments, and the verb/satellite-framed typology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1: Introduction 2: Theoretical foundation:The syntactic structure of events 3: The syntax and semantics of English resultatives 4: The syntax of Chinese resultatives 5: Resultatives at synchronic and diachronic levels 6: Encoding Applied Arguments 7: Non-canonical objects, motion events, and verb/satellite-framed typology 8: Conclusion References Index

Product details

• Authors: Xuhui Hu, Xuhui (Assistant Professor of Linguistics Hu
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780198808466
• ISBN: 978-0-19-880846-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics; Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics; Oxford Studies in Theoretical
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Grammar, syntax