Using both theoretical and language acquisition arguments, this study proposes a new model of the lexicon-syntax interface defined in terms of checking event-semantic features. The research is based on Dutch verbs and their possible verb frames (intransitive, transitive, etc.) and two studies of children's Dutch. The model developed from these cases represents more generally the way in which Universal Grammar organizes the lexicon of a language and the mapping system that associates a verb's lexical features with its syntactic projection.
Using both theoretical and language acquisition arguments, this study proposes a new model of the lexicon-syntax interface defined in terms of checking event-semantic features. The research is based on Dutch verbs and their possible verb frames (intransitive, transitive, etc.) and two studies of children's Dutch. The model developed from these cases represents more generally the way in which Universal Grammar organizes the lexicon of a language and the mapping system that associates a verb's lexical features with its syntactic projection.
Event Semantics of Verb Frame Alternations: A Case Study of Dutch and Its Acquisition
424Event Semantics of Verb Frame Alternations: A Case Study of Dutch and Its Acquisition
424eBook
Related collections and offers
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781135670818 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 10/11/2013 |
Series: | Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 424 |
File size: | 13 MB |
Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |