This paper discusses the status of Italian and Serbian clitic reflexives and reciprocals with respect to the phenomenon of split intransitivity. Assuming an analyses that treats clitics as non-argumental markers of the verb’s derived intransitivity, numerous proposals have been put forward as to whether clitic reflexives and reciprocals are unaccusative or unergative. The issue still appears as...

The acquisition of argument structures has been studied by a variety of second language acquisition scholars within the past two decades (Atay, 2010; Can, 2009; Chay, 2006, & Kras, 2007, among others). In the present study, ‘Predicate’ as the most substantial element of a sentence is investigated. There are three English verb-types which seem to be more problematic for Persian EFL learners: (a)...

The present paper focuses on the Mandarin Intransitive keflexive Verbs. These verbs, such as zi-sha 'to commit suicide', and zi fen 'to burn oneself, are formed with a reflexive morpheme zi-'self' and a root verb. Take the verb zi-sha 'to commit suicide' for example, the reflexive morpheme contributes the reflexive meaning and the root verb sha 'to kill' contributes the meaning`to kill'; hence,...

We suggest here a Growing Trees approach for the description of acquisition various syntactic structures in Hebrew, based on main results reported Friedmann and Reznick (this volume) our own research corpus natural productions. The heart account is that stages follow geometry tree, along lines cartographic analysis clause, with early corresponding to small portions adult which keeps growing gro...

This paper provides a complex-predicate analysis of resultatives in terms of bare phrase structure. Our main claim is that the predicate types and thematic mapping rules required for simplex verbs can be used to explain core properties of resultative constructions if a strict versions of Chomsky’s inclusiveness condition is adopted. The analysis supports a view of subjects as external arguments...

Case, it is not licensed due to the Case Filter under the GB framework. Thus BG intends to capture the relation between the accusative Case assignment and the -role assignment. In terms of the conceptual perspective, BG has been criticized for damaging the modular organization of the grammar (see McFadden 2004, Reuland (2000) for more discussions). For example, Haider (2000:33) points out that...

In this paper, we will aim at contributing to the linguistic characterization of verb ter de/ter que [have to], pointing out some particularities that individualize it among modal semi-auxiliaries Portuguese. We gather information from morphology, syntax, semantics and textual discourse linguistics, also observed in examples collected CETEMPúblico corpus. The semi-auxiliary de, like dever [must...

In this paper I develop a lexical rule based analysis for the passive in German in the paradigm of HPSG. Object-toSubject-Raising approaches will be discussed and it will be explained why a lexical rule based approach does not have their shortcomings. It will be shown that difficult cases of remote passive can be handled by such an analysis. 1 Object-to-Subject Raising In HPSG grammars for Engl...

Many languages exhibit a construction which has a meaning akin to “x feels like Ving”, often called a desiderative. This form has been observed in the literature for languages and language families as diverse as Quechua languages (Cusihuaman, 2001, Cole,1981), South Slavic languages (Murasic, 2006, Rivero, 2004, Franks:1995), Albanian (Kallulli, 1999) and Finnish (Pylkkänen, 1999). In Albanian,...