This book focuses on the relationship between syntax and meaning. Terje Lohndal's core
claim is that it is possible to create a transparent mapping from syntax to logical form such …

This paper argues for two structural types of unaccusative constructions which systematically
differ in semantic and morphosyntactic properties. Evidence is presented from alternating …

In several Romance languages, including Catalan, Spanish, Asturian and Neapolitan,
several verbs ('phone','answer','shoot','rob', among others) can take a dative-or accusative …

This article develops a constructionalist approach to “lexical” causatives, as in The sun
melted the snow. It is argued that causation is a truly configurational meaning, arising as the …

The notion of comparison class has figured prominently in recent analyses of the gradability
properties of adjectives. We assume that the comparison class is introduced by the degree …

This paper investigates the structure of transitive sentences that contain a non-doubling
reflexive clitic such as Juan se lavó todos los platos and María se leyó un libro. Though …

This dissertation attempts to unify two reductionist hypotheses: that there is no relational
difference between specifiers and complements, and that verbs do not have thematic …

In this paper we propose a syntactic analysis of dative DPs in ditransitive constructions in
Russian, answering three questions:(I) what semantic roles the indirect object realizes;(II) …

This thesis shows that the mapping of semantics to syntax can be more complex than is
generally assumed. In general, the mapping of semantics to syntax is thought to be many-to …

In this paper we compare dative ditransitive structures in nativized and nativizing urban
varieties of Portuguese spoken in Angola, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe, using …