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Head (linguistics)

About: Head (linguistics) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2540 publications have been published within this topic receiving 29023 citations. The topic is also known as: nucleus.


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01 May 2002
TL;DR: In this article, it is argued that a theory that allows subject-predicate relations to be mediated by any head makes available an analysis of verb-resultative combinations as complex predicates.
Abstract: This paper presents an empirical argument against the view that the subject-predicate relation is mediated in syntax by a designated functional head. In particular, it is argued that a theory that allows this relation to be mediated by any head makes available an analysis of verb-resultative combinations as complex predicates. As opposed to its rivals, this analysis derives the following characteristics: (i) Resultative and verb jointly express a single event involving direct causation. (ii) Resultatives form a constituent with the verb. (iii) The head of a resultative complex predicate cannot itself be complex, but the nonhead can. (iv) All thematic information in the head can contribute to the θ-grid of a complex predicate; the nonhead can only contribute the thematic information associated with its external θ-role. (v) The head of a resultative complex predicate expresses an event while the nonhead expresses a resulting state or interrelation. (vi) Resultatives are object-oriented. (vii) Depending on the thematic properties of the head, the object (or derived subject) of a resultative complex predicate must, can, or cannot be interpreted as the internal argument of the verb. (viii) A resultative complex predicate cannot head a double object construction. The analysis extends to expressions like consider intelligent and directional complex predicates headed by verbs of motion.

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202168
202090
201986
201890
201790