Description: Theta Theory, Hardcover by Haiden, Martin, ISBN 3110182858, ISBN-13 9783110182859, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK Theta Theory explores the lexicon as an interface in the strict sense, as facilitating the flow of information between cognition and the computational system of language. It argues for the traditional concept of a listed lexicon, where semantic roles are encoded as features of verbs, and against event decomposition. Part one of th discusses the link between cognition and the lexicon. Mainstream theories of lexical semantics are critically reviewed. Furthermore, this part provides an extensive description of the relevant data in German, including agentivity, causation, psychological predicates, and different types of diathesis alternations. Part two is devoted to the link between the lexicon and syntax. It develops a parallel model of grammatical derivation, which allows the formulation of robust generalizations over thematic role assignment, but at the same time acknowledges the relevance of other components, in particular morpho-phonology and narrow syntax. The theory is applied to a wide range of German constructions including modal infinitives, the present and gerundive participle, the past/passive/adjectival participle, verbal particles, auxiliary selection, and unaccusatives/reflexives. Th is of interest for students and scholars of lexical semantics, for descriptive German linguistics, and for linguists concerned with the development of the Minimalist Program.
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Book Title: Theta Theory
Publisher: De Gruyter
Publication Year: 2005
Number of Pages: 308 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Theta Theory
Item Weight: 577 g
Type: Study Guide
Author: Martin Haiden
Subject Area: Data Analysis
Series: Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg]
Format: Hardcover
