Argument Structure

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course explores arguments and argument structure in syntax and semantics, offering students an introduction to the integrated study of syntax, semantics, lexical meaning, and morphology. The emphasis is on theoretical and architectural questions raised by close structural analysis of argument structure in a wide range of languages. Representative phenomena include causatives; statives; passives; unaccusatives and unergatives; resultatives; incorporation; applicatives.