ABSTRACT
This book offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on argument structure and its role in language acquisition. Drawing on a broad range of crosslinguistic data, this volume shows that languages are much more diverse in their argument structure properties than has been realized.The volume is the outcome of an integrated research project and com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |26 pages
Introduction
part |2 pages
Part I. Verb Meaning And Verb Syntax: Crosslinguistic Puzzles For Language Learners
part |2 pages
Part II. Participants Present And Absent: Argument Ellipsis And Verb Learning
part |2 pages
Part III. Transitivity, Intransitivity, And Their Associated Meanings: A Complexwork-Space For Learnability