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Book SynopsisThis volume presents theoretical and empirical research on the syntax of events within the broader framework of generative grammar, focusing on the central question of how conceptual meaning interacts with narrow syntactic computation. Xuhui Hu proposes a set of integration conditions that require the content of the predicate to be licensed by theta-role information generated by narrow syntax. The other principal theoretical component of the book concerns the functional structure of events, which is related to issues such as the parallel between the event and nominal domains, the mapping of a predicate onto an entity, and the grammatical foundation of verb classification. The framework is applied to three areas: the syntax of resultatives in English and Chinese, cross-linguistic and diachronic variation in resultatives, and applicative constructions. The findings shed light on the thematic relationship between core arguments and predicates and on the syntax of non-core arguments, contr
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of abbreviations 1: Introduction 2: Theoretical foundation:The syntactic structure of events 3: The syntax and semantics of English resultatives 4: The syntax of Chinese resultatives 5: Resultatives at synchronic and diachronic levels 6: Encoding Applied Arguments 7: Non-canonical objects, motion events, and verb/satellite-framed typology 8: Conclusion References Index
