Linking. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Vol 74 - The Geometry of Argument Structure

From the contents Acknowledgments. Introduction. A phenomenon and a principle: the Isomorphic Linking Hypothesis. Our representations. The competition. Advantages of this proposal. Going forward.- Part I A Theory of Linking - 1 Conceptual Structure. 2 Eliminating the indirect/direct internal argument distinction. 3 Explaining Linking Regularities. 4 Syntactically unexpressed arguments, incorporation, and adjuncts. 5 The Linking of Resultative Verbs: Clausal Fusion. 6 The Prohibition Against Double Fusion.- Part II More Linking results across the lexicon - 7 Causative verbs with PLACE arguments. 8 Unaccusative verbs: a cluster of verb classes. 9 Complex causative verbs. 10 Other verb classes, other issues, conclusions and final thoughts.- Conclusions. Summary of Definitions, Principles and Rules. References. Subject index.- Verb index.