Arguments and Adjuncts as Language-Particular Syntactic Categories and as Comparative Concepts

In this short paper, I point out that there is a discrepancy between the widespread assumption that "argument" and "adjunct" should be seen as cross-linguistic categories and the practice of providing language-particular tests for the distinction. Language-particular criteria yie...

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Main Author: Martin Haspelmath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dartmouth College Library 2014-01-01
Series:Linguistic Discovery
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.442