Causatives in Minimalism
Department
Spanish
Document Type
Book
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Description
This monograph studies issues of current minimalist concern, such as whether differences in the expression of argument and syntactic structure can all be attributed to the parameterization of specific functional heads. In particular, this book studies in-depth the extent to which variation in the expression of causation, available both intra- and cross linguistically, can be accounted for by appealing only to the microparameterization of the causative head, Cause, as previously argued for by linguists such as Pylkkänen. It concludes that the microparameterization of Cause may explain some major characteristics associated with causatives, but it cannot be regarded as the only explanation behind variation in these structures. The book includes relevant discussion on argument structure and looks in detail at languages, such as the Uto-Aztecan Hiaki, that have not received much attention before. It is mostly intended for an audience interested in theoretical approaches to argument structure and variation.
Call number in WMU's library
P292 .B53 2011
ISBN
978-9027255624
Publication Date
2011
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
City
Amsterdam
Disciplines
Spanish Linguistics
Citation for published book
Tubino Blanco, Mercedes. Causatives in Minimalism / Mercedes Tubino Blanco. 2011. Print. Linguistik Aktuell ; Bd. 179.
Recommended Citation
Blanco, Mercedes Tubino, "Causatives in Minimalism" (2011). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 591.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/591