Full Description
While the argument structure of verbs has long been a central issue in linguistic research of all varieties and continues to be a vexed area of research across a wide range of theoretical and empirical approaches, the inter-disciplinary perspective and dialogue remain largely under explored. This collection stems from an interest to find and explore practical, tangible points of intersection between theoretical linguists, psycholinguists and neurolinguists working on problems related to the representation and processing of verbs and their associated thematic structure. The book is organized around three core themes, (i) the basic building blocks of verbal representations and modes of construction of the verb-argument complex, (ii) non-canonical argument structure realization, with a particular focus on object-experiencer psych verbs, and (iii) the promises and challenges of neurolinguistic and psycholinguistic investigation into argument structure and the prospects for the future of interdisciplinary research on verb argument structure.
Contents
1. Acknowledgments; 2. Introduction: Argumenting the structure (by Bachrach, Asaf); 3. Part I. The general issue: Verb argument structure; 4. Can we dance without doing a dance?: Two opposite views on the integration of roots in the syntactic structure of the VP (by Acedo-Matellan, Victor); 5. Determining argument structure in sign languages (by Geraci, Carlo); 6. The mental representation and processing of light verbs (by Wittenberg, Eva); 7. Part II. Non-canonical argument structure realization; 8. Luigi piace a Laura?: Electrophysiological evidence for thematic reanalysis with Italian dative object experiencer verbs (by Droge, Alexander); 9. Causative nominalizations: Implications for the structure of psych verbs (by Alexiadou, Artemis); 10. Part III. Neurobiological models; 11. Neurocognitive mechanisms of verb argument structure processing (by Thompson, Cynthia); 12. Argument structure: Between linguistics and neuroimaging (by Shetreet, Einat); 13. Argument structure: Creating a productive space for theory and experimentation (by Ramchand, Giillian); 14. Language index; 15. Subject index
