The Path Containment Condition And Argument Structure

This study investigates the internal structure of verb phrases (VPs). Using the Path Containment Condition as developed by May (1985) to establish relations between (quantified) arguments, this study draws two conclusions about the structure of argument-relations within VPs. First, arguments have bi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stroik, Thomas S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas 1988-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/632