Semantic Role Universals and Argument Linking: Theoretical, Typological, and Psycholinguistic Perspectives (Hardcover)

Introduction Section 1: Theoretical concepts Chapter 1: Argument hierarchy and other factors determining argument realisation Dieter Wunderlich Chapter 2:Hierarchy mismatches and the dimensions of role semantics Beatrice Primus Chapter 3:Thematic roles - universal, particular, and idiosyncratic aspects Manfred Bierwisch Section 2: Cross-linguistic aspects Chapter 4:Experiencer constructions in Daghestanian languages Bernard Comrie and Helma van den Berg Chapter 5:Clause-level vs. predicate-level linking Balthasar Bickel Chapter 6:From meaning to syntax - semantic roles and beyond Walter Bisang Chapter 7:Meaning, form and function in basic case roles Georg Bossong Section 3: Psycho-/Neurolinguistic considerations Chapter 8:Semantic macroroles and language processing Robert D. Van Valin, Jr . Chapter 9:Thematic roles as event structure relations Maria M. Pinango Chapter 10:Generalised semantic roles and syntactic templates: A newframework for language comprehension Ina Bornkessel and Matthias Schlesewsky