Principles of Argument Structure: A Merge-Based Approach (Paperback)

Contents
Acknowledgments
1   A Merge-Based Approach to Argument Structure
2   The Phi-Features of the Implicit Argument
3   Secondary Predicates and the Implicit Argument
4   A Theory of Implicit Arguments
5   Out of Africa
6   by-Phrases
7   Derivations
8   Two Conceptions of VoiceP
9   The Dative Alternation
10   On the Tension with Formal Semantics
11   Conclusion
Appendix: Internet Searches as a Tool in Syntactic Research
References