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A new thematic theory is demonstrated in this book. Thematic theories and their antecedents (Gruber 1965, Fillmore 1968) are to account for morphosyntactic phenomena (concerning argument structures) whose determining factors are likely to be of a semantic nature/origin. But what is the relevant semantic information? And how is it to be captured (and formalized)? As is shown by the wide variety of competing current thematic theories, there is no consensus upon these crucial questions. The novel starting-point proposed in this book is the creation of a semantic basis where traditional roles (Agent, Patient, Instrument, etc.) are dispensed with. Instead, a special comparative analysis of morphologically related argument structure versions will provide the relevant semantic information, which makes it possible to associate argument frames with rich internal structures via exact formal calculations. Abstract positions in these internal structures are substituted for thematic roles, in harmony with the spirit of Saussure's structuralism.

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Book category Books in English Language linguistics

• Full title: Argument Selection
• Author: Gabor Alberti
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 201
• EAN: 9783631322024
• ISBN: 9783631322024
• ID: 10018972
• Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH
• Weight: 274 g
• Dimensions: 151 × 210 × 12 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. October 1997

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