Syntax and the Lexicon / / edited by Tim Stowell, Eric Wehrli.

• Superior document: Syntax and Semantics ; Volume 26
• TeilnehmendeR: Stowell, Timothy Angus,; Wehrli, Eric,
• Place / Publishing House: Bingley, UK : : Emerald Group Publishing Limited,, [1992]
• Year of Publication: 1992
• Language: English
• Series: Syntax and semantics ; Volume 26.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Syntax and the Lexicon is a dynamic investigation into the role of the lexicon in syntactic theory. Twelve chapters, authored by leaders in syntactic theory, provide a detailed yet easily understandable analysis of differing views on the lexicon in the field. Lively debates pepper the volume with in...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / Tim Stowell and Eric Wehrli
• Introduction / Tim Stowell and Eric Wehrli
• The Role of the Lexicon in Syntactic Theory / Tim Stowell
• Agreement and Case in Past Participle Clauses in Italian / Adriana Belletti
• Passives and the Lexicon: Comments on Belletti / Tim Stowell
• Locative Inversion in Chicheŵa: A Case Study of Factorization in Grammar / Joan Bresnan and Jonni M. Kanerva
• Comments on Bresnan and Kanerva’s “Locative Inversion in Chicheŵa: A Case Study of Factorization in Grammar” / Paul Schachter
• The Thematic Hierarchy and Locative Inversion in UG: A Reply to Schachter’s Comments / Joan Bresnan and Jonni M. Kanerva
• -er Nominals: Implications for the Theory of Argument Structure / Malka Rappaport Hovav and Beth Levin
• Babe Ruth Homered His Way into the Hearts of America / Ray Jackendoff
• The Way-Construction and the Semantics of Direct Arguments in English: A Reply to Jackendoff / Alec Marantz
• θ-Theory as Binding Theory / Edwin S. Williams
• The Lexical Encoding of Scope Relations among Arguments / Maria Luisa Zubizarreta
• Scope and the Binding Theory: Comments on Zubizarreta / Kyle Johnson
• References / Tim Stowell and Eric Wehrli
• Index / Tim Stowell and Eric Wehrli
• Syntax and Semantics / Tim Stowell and Eric Wehrli.