Non-verbal argument structure : evidence from Tagalog
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| Title: | Non-verbal argument structure : evidence from Tagalog |
| Author: | Sabbagh, Joseph |
| Other Contributors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy. |
| Advisor: | David Pesetsky. |
| Department: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy. |
| Publisher: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Issue Date: | 2005 |
| Abstract: | This dissertation examines the syntax and argument structure of non-verbal predicates (focusing primarily on adjectives) in Tagalog. Drawing on evidence from a variety of construction types (including Comparative, Existential, and Ellipsis constructions among others), I argue against the claim that adjectives differ from verbs in their ability to project an internal theme argument (Pesetsky 1982; Borer 1984, 1991; Levin and Rappaport 1986; Baker 2003; among others). More generally, I argue that evidence about the argument structure of non-verbal predicates offers a more general argument against strong decompositional views of argument in which both external and internal arguments are 'severed' from the predicate. |
| Description: |
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 211-220). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33712 |
| Keywords: | Linguistics and Philosophy. |
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