List of figures x // List of tables xvi // Acknowledgments xix // Notes for instructors xxi // List of abbreviations xxiii // 1 The goals of linguistic theory 1 // 1.0 Introduction 1 // 1.1 Goals of linguistic theory 2 // 1.2 Explanation in linguistics 4 // 1.3 Contrasting perspectives on the goals of linguistic theory 8 // 1.4 Concluding remarks 15 // Further reading 16 // 2 Syntactic structure, I: simple clauses and noun phrases 17 // 2.0 Introduction 17 // 2.1 General theoretical issues 17 // 2.2 The layered structure of the clause in simple sentences 25 // 2.3 The layered structure of adpositional and noun phrases 52 // 2.4 Heads and headedness 67 // 2.5 Conclusion: the nature of morphosyntactic structure 69 // Further reading 75 // Exercises 76 // 3 Semantic representation, I: verbs and arguments 82 // 3.0 Introduction 82 // 3.1 A typology of states of affairs and their participants 82 // 3.2 The lexical representation of verbs and their arguments 90 // 3.3 Summary 128 // Further reading 129 // Exercises 130 // vii // Contents // 4 Semantic representation, II: macroroles, the lexicon // and noun phrases 139 // 4.0 Introduction 139 // 4.1 Semantic macroroles 139 // 4.2 Valence, transitivity and macrorole assignment 147 // 4.3 Lexical entries for verbs 154 // 4.4 The representation of adjuncts and operators 159 // 4.5 Linking syntactic and semantic representations (a brief introduction) 172 // 4.6 Lexical rules 178 // 4.7 The semantic representation of nouns and noun phrases 184 // 4.8 Summary 195 // Further reading 195 // Exercises 196 // 5 Information structure 199 // 5.0 Introduction 199 // 5.1 Focus structure 201 // 5.2 Focus types 206 // 5.3 The morphosyntactic coding of focus structure 210 // 5.4 The formal representation of focus structure 214 // 5.5 Focus structure and the scope of negation and quantification 219 //
5.6 Intrasentential pronominalization 223 // 5.7 Intersentential pronominalization 231 // 5.8 Syntactic templates, linking and focus structure 235 // Further reading 235 // Exercises 236 // 6 Grammatical relations 242 // 6.0 Introduction 242 // 6.1 Conceptions of grammatical relations 242 // 6.2 The cross-linguistic diversity of grammatical relations 250 // 6.3 A theory of grammatical relations 274 // 6.4 Discourse reference-tracking mechanisms and voice 285 // 6.5 Some typological issues 303 // Further reading 309 // Exercises 309 // 7 Linking syntax and semantics in simple sentences 317 // 7.0 Introduction 317 // 7.1 Semantic and syntactic representations: a brief review 320 // Conients // 7.2 The linking algorithms 324 // 7.3 Case marking, agreement and adposition assignment 352 // 7.4 The two phases of linking 384 // 7.5 Reflexivization 392 // 7.6 Focus structure, linearization and linking 417 // 7.7 Templates, constructions and linking 430 // Further reading 436 // Exercises 437 // 8 Syntactic structure, IE complex sentences and // noun phrases 441 // 8.0 Introduction 441 // 8.1 Theoretical issues 441 // 8.2 Levels of juncture 442 // 8.3 Nexus relations 448 // 8.4 The interaction of nexus and juncture 454 // 8.5 Focus structure in complex sentences 484 // 8.6 The structure of complex noun phrases 492 // 8.7 Syntactic templates for complex sentences 505 // Further reading 507 // Exercises 508 // 9 Linking syntax and semantics in complex sentences 517 // 9.0 Introduction 517 // 9.1 Linking in clausal, core and nuclear junctures 517 // 9.2 Case marking in complex sentences 575 // 9.3 Linking in complex noun phrases 590 // 9.4 Reflexivization in complex sentences 604 // 9.5 Constraints on linking in WH-questions and related constructions 615 // Further reading 634 // Exercises 634 // Epilog: the goals of linguistic theory revisited 640 // Notes 650 //
References 676 // Index of languages 703 // Subject index 706