Toivonen, Ida: Arguments and adjuncts across levels
The distinction between arguments and adjuncts is useful and widely adopted. It is foundational to many formal approaches to grammar, including LFG. However, it is not always obvious whether a phrase should be classified as an argument or an adjunct. I propose that the multifaceted nature of language can explain why some elements seem to fall in between arguments and adjuncts. Arguments have a prototypical realization at each level of grammar and they are also typically core event participants of their predicate. However, there can be mismatches between levels, and arguments can display atypical characteristics at each level. The specifics of the proposal are formulated with reference to the different structures in LFG's parallel projection architecture.
December 22, 2022 |
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