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Icelandic Morphosyntax and Argument Structure

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Authors:
  1. Jim Wood

    1. Dept. of Linguistics, Yale University, New Haven, USA

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  • Provides a cohesive and thorough overview of Icelandic argument structure alternations
  • Shows a syntactic theory of argument structure in which the syntax is much more autonomous than in its closest relatives
  • Presents a thorough analysis of recalcitrant Icelandic “-st middles”
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (SNLT, volume 90)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Jim Wood
    Pages 1-60

  3. The Morphosyntax of -st 

    • Jim Wood
    Pages 61-112

  4. DP Internal Argument—The Causative Alternation

    • Jim Wood
    Pages 113-170

  5. pP Internal Argument—Figure Reflexives and Object ‘Demotion’

    • Jim Wood
    Pages 171-206

  6. Applicatives and Applied Datives

    • Jim Wood
    Pages 207-250

  7. More on the Syntax of -st Verbs

    • Jim Wood
    Pages 251-302

  8. Conclusion

    • Jim Wood
    Pages 303-309

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 311-316
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About this book

This book provides a detailed study of Icelandic argument structure alternations within a syntactic theory of argument structure. Building on recent theorizing within the Minimalist Program and Distributed Morphology, the author proposes that much of what is traditionally attributed to syntax should be relegated to the interfaces, and adapts the late insertion theory of morphology to semantics. The resulting system forms sound-meaning pairs by generating hierarchical structures that can be translated into morphological representations, on the one hand, and semantic representations, on the other. The syntactic primitives, however, underdetermine both morphophonology and semantics. Without appealing to special stipulations, the theory derives constraints on the external argument of causative-alternation verbs, interpretive restrictions on nominative objects, and the optionally agentive interpretation of verbs denoting self-directed motion.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Linguistics, Yale University, New Haven, USA

    Jim Wood

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Icelandic Morphosyntax and Argument Structure

  • Authors: Jim Wood

  • Series Title: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09138-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09137-2Published: 20 January 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34811-7Published: 24 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09138-9Published: 05 January 2015

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4670

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0358

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 316

  • Number of Illustrations: 76 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Syntax, Germanic Languages, Semantics

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