Constructions, lexical semantics and the correspondence principle: Accounting for generalizations and subregularities in the realization of arguments
| Venue: | In The syntax of aspect, ed. Nomi Erteschik-Shir and Tova Rapoport. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| Citations: | 2 - 0 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Goldberg_constructions,lexical,
author = {Adele E. Goldberg},
title = {Constructions, lexical semantics and the correspondence principle: Accounting for generalizations and subregularities in the realization of arguments},
booktitle = {In The syntax of aspect, ed. Nomi Erteschik-Shir and Tova Rapoport. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Whether particular arguments are overtly realized in languages like English is not random. A number of researchers have put forward sweeping generalizations in order to capture certain general tendencies. In this paper, however, it is argued that these analyses underestimate the role of constructions, detailed lexical semantics and discourse factors. Given sufficient attention to these factors, the general tendencies, as well as productive classes of systematic exceptions, follow without additional grammatical stipulation. 1.
