Icelandic Morphosyntax and Argument Structure

摘要: Introduction.- 1.1 Aim and Scope.- 1.2 The Present System.- 1.2.1 Syntax.- 1.2.2 Syntactic Pieces.- 1.2.3 Morphology.- 1.2.4 Semantics.- 1.2.5 Interpretation Allosemy.- 1.2.6 What Are 'Argument Structure Alternations'?.- 1.3 On the Data.- 1.4 A Brief Overview of Icelandic Morphosyntax.- 1.4.1 Oblique Subjects Case 1.4.2 Expletive Constructions.- 1.4.3 Verb Movement Word Order.- 1.4.4 Simplex, Complex, Long- Distance Reflexives.- 1.4.5 Progressive Aspect.- 1.4.6 New Impersonal Passive Dative-Accusative 1.5 Outline Remainder Book.- 2. Morphosyntax -st.- 2.1 2.2 -st Morphology: is isn't.- 2.2.1 Reflexive Verbs.- 2.2.2 Not (Usually) Passive.- 2.2.3 Appears to be Caseless.- 2.2.4 Has One or More -Features.- 2.3 Clitic properties 2.3.1 Positioning distributional properties.- 2.3.2 Paradigmatic properties- 'form' 2.3.3 Morphophonological 2.3.4 Inherent 2.3.5 Idiosyncrasy -st: Special Meaning No Problem.- 2.3.6 Alternating with a 'word'.- 2.3.7 Summary.- 2.4 Possible Analysis 2.4.1 Right Adjunction.- 2.4.2 Defective Goal.- 2.4.3 Adjunction X' Dedicated Specifier Position.- 2.5 Does it matter if clitic?.- 2.6 3. DP Internal Argument - Causative Alternation.- 3.1 An 3.2 Morphology Specifierless Voice.- 3.2.1 Unmarked Alternations -ka Suffixation.- 3.2.2 -na- Marked Alternations.- 3.2.3 Allomorphy-Marked 3.2.4 3.3 Direct Object Datives Anticausatives.- 3.4 Thematic Causatives/Anticausatives.- 3.4.1 3.4.2 -nalO-Marked 3.4.3 Voice Versus no at all.- 3.4.4 3.4.5 Root Distribution in Anticlausatives.- 3.4.6 Anticausative vis-a- vis SpecVoiceP.- 3.5 4. pP Figure Reflexives 'Demotion'.- 4.1 Syntax Ground.- 4.2 4.2.1 -st-Marked 4.2.2 4.2.3 Pronouns.- 4.2.4 4.3 p.- 4.3.1 4.3.2 p Together.- 4.4 5. Applicatives Applied Datives.- 5.1 Typology Applicatives.- 5.1.1 High 5.1.2 Low 5.1.3 High-Low 5.2 "Valency Reduction" ApplP.- 5.2.1 Anticausatives Ditransitives.- 5.2.2 *-st SpecApplP.- 5.2.3 Ingestives Specerfierless Appl.- 5.2.4 Ingestives.- 5.3 Psych-Verbs Dative Subjects.- 5.4 6. on 6.1 Denominal 6.2 Modal Verbs Generic Middles.- 6.3 Lata 'Let'and 6.4 Reciprocal 6.5 Other Conclusion.- References.- Index