External arguments in transitivity alternations : a layering approach /

This work is an exploration of the syntax of external arguments in transitivity alternations from a cross-linguistic perspective. It uses data principally from English, German, and Greek to investigate the causative/anti-causative alternation and the formation of adjectival participles.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alexiadou, Artemis (Author), Anagnostopoulou, Elena (Author), Schäfer, Florian (Author)
Corporate Author: UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 55.
Oxford linguistics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This work is an exploration of the syntax of external arguments in transitivity alternations from a cross-linguistic perspective. It uses data principally from English, German, and Greek to investigate the causative/anti-causative alternation and the formation of adjectival participles.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 232 pages .)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0191757438
9780191757433
9780191664977
0191664979