This volume features cutting-edge research from leading authorities on
the nature and structure of the verbal domain and the complexity of
the Verb Phrase (VP). The book is divided into three parts,
representing the areas in which contemporary debate on the verbal
domain is most active. The first part focuses on the V head, and
includes four chapters discussing the setup of verbal roots, their
syntax, and their interaction with other functional heads such as
Voice and v. Chapters in the second part discuss the need to postulate
a Voice head in the structure of a clause, and whether Voice is
different from v. Voice was originally intended as the head hosting
the external argument in its specifier, as well as transitivity. This
section explores its relationship with "syntactic" voice, i.e. the
alternation between actives and passives. Part three is dedicated to
event structure, inner aspect, and Aktionsart. It tackles issues such
as the one-to-one relation between argument structure and event
structure, and whether there can be minimal structural units at the
basis of the derivation of any sort of XP, including the VP.
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ISBN
9780191080791
Publisert
2020
Utgave
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Utgiver
Oxford University Press Academic UK
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok