Argument structure and syntactic relations

Duguine, Maia; Huidobro, Susana; Madariaga, Nerea

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“…External argument is considered to be the most prominent argument while direct object is considered next in dominance to the external argument. The indirect argument is the lowest in this order (Bhatt & Pancheva, 2006) (Duguine, Huidobro & Madariaga 2010) (Levin & Rappaport, 1988).…”

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The Argument Structure of Intransitive Verbs in Pashto

Hamid¹

2021

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This study focuses on the description and categorization of intransitive verbs in terms of its argument structure. The study concludes that the unaccusative verbs only project an internal argument. It does not require the event argument. However, the said verb can be causativised by adding external argument and at the same time the event argument gets included in the valency of the derived causative of the unaccusative root. The unergative, on the other hand, requires an external argument as an obligatory argument while the internal argument is not the obligatory argument of the verb. The event argument is also a part of the valency of the verb. The APFs require one argument which is the internal argument of the verb. However, since the external argument is not available, the internal argument of the verb gets realized as the subject of the verb. The verb does not project event argument. The ergative predicates are derived by the suppression of the external argument and by the externalization of the internal argument.

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The Argument Structure of Intransitive Verbs in Pashto

Hamid¹

2021

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“…Similarly, regarding text genres, Ragnarsdóttir, Aparici, Cahana‐Amitay, van Hell, and Viguié (2002) showed that cross‐linguistic similarities and differences about typological structures of verbs used in five languages allowed for differentiating text genres. Therefore, higher order writing skills are also dependent, presumably to a lesser extent than lexical and syntactic proficiencies, on the linguistic contexts, such as information structure and the inherent lexical properties of arguments (Duguine, Huidobro, & Madariaga, 2010; Witzlack‐Makarevich & Seržant, 2018). In addition, some methods appear more suitable than others for examining variations between languages in writing.…”

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Methodological Issues in Literacy Research Across Languages: Evidence From Alphabetic Orthographies

Papadopoulos¹,

Csépe²,

Aro³

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Reading Research Quarterly

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Research on literacy has become universal and is essential for researchers of various disciplines, educators, and psychologists. For this article, we examined the most important methodological challenges that arise when conducting literacy research across languages, some of which have long been acknowledged in the relevant literature. Specifically, we focused on challenges related to research on word reading, spelling, passage comprehension, and writing, ranging from the target skills, constructs, and assessment issues to the matching of the samples and measurement and factorial invariance issues. We conclude that although theoretical and applied issues have been addressed in the literature, to date, this has happened only with limited relevance for reading and writing research across languages. The discussion provides some relevant evidence from a neuroscience perspective to promote useful insights and greater methodological rigor in literacy research across languages.

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Predicate Decomposition, and Linking Syntax and Semantics: A Brazilian Portuguese Analysis

Cançado¹,

Godoy²

2014

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This paper presents a theoretical proposal on the lexical-syntax relationship, related to verbs. In essence, the proposal consists of two tasks: a) to corroborate the idea of lexically representing verbs by means of a semantic predicate decomposition and, more importantly, b) to propose a linking mechanism between such lexical-semantic level and syntax itself. The contribution of this study consists in the form and manner in which the linking occurs. Even though linking theories abound in the literature, and even though in a general sense the approach presented here is not new, there are some relevant details that distinguish it from previous proposals, as it will become clear. Furthermore, from an empirical point of view, there is originality in the description we make of a vast group of verbs from Brazilian Portuguese (BP) that serves as a demonstration of the theoretical proposal.

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Argument structure and syntactic relations

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The Argument Structure of Intransitive Verbs in Pashto

The Argument Structure of Intransitive Verbs in Pashto

Methodological Issues in Literacy Research Across Languages: Evidence From Alphabetic Orthographies

Predicate Decomposition, and Linking Syntax and Semantics: A Brazilian Portuguese Analysis

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