Complex Predicates

by Alsina, Alex; Bresnan, Joan; Sells, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781575860466
• ISBN10: 1575860465
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Center for the Study

Summary

Complex predicates can be defined as predicates which are composed of more than one grammatical element (either morphemes or words), each of which contributes a non-trivial part of the information of the complex predicate. The papers collected in this volume, which were presented at a workshop at Stanford in 1993, represent a variety of approaches to the question of the range and nature of complex predicates, and draw on data from a wide spectrum of languages. This collection develops a better understanding of the range of phenomena that a general theory of complex predicates would have to account for, and to see what kinds of linguistic ideas and methodologies would be necessary for such a task.

Table of Contents

Complex Predicates: Structure and Theory	1	(13)
Alex Alsina
Joan Bresnan
Peter Sells
Lexical and Syntactic Complex Predicates	13	(16)
Edwin Williams
On The Complex Nature of Simple Predicators	29	(38)
Ken hale
Jay Keyser
Toward a Lexical Representation of Phrasal Predicates	67	(40)
Farrell Ackerman
Philip Lesourd
Complex Predicates in Urdu	107	(44)
Miriam Butt
Making One's Way through the Data	151	(24)
Adele E. Goldberg
Auxiliation and Serialization: On Discerning the Difference	175	(28)
Carol Rosen
Causatives in Bantu and Romance	203	(44)
Alex Alsina
Complex Predicates and Argument in Polysynthetic Languages	247	(42)
Mark C. Baker
Grammatical Structures in Verb Serialization	289	(66)
Mark Durie
Polysnthesis and Complex Verb Formation: The Case of Applicatives in Yimas	355	(42)
William A. Foley
Role or Cast	397	(34)
Nick Evans
Multidimensionality of Representation: NV Complex Predicates in Hindi	431	(42)
Tara Mohanan
Remarks on Denominal Verbs	473	(28)
Paul Kiparsky
Index	501