Argument realization.9780521663311 Argument realization. Levin lev·in n. Archaic Lightning. [Middle English levene, levin; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.] , Beth and Malka Rappaport Hovav. Cambridge U. Pr. 2005 277 pages $75.00 Hardcover Research surveys in linguistics linguistics, scientific study of language, covering the structure (morphology and syntax; see grammar), sounds (phonology), and meaning (semantics), as well as the history of the relations of languages to each other and the cultural place of language in human P281 The area of linguistics called argument realization is the study of the possible syntactic Dealing with language rules (syntax). See syntax. expressions of the argument of a verb. For example, in the statements "The boy broke the window with a ball" and "The boy hit the window with a ball," the challenge is to explain why the two verbs show divergent di·ver·gent adj. 1. Drawing apart from a common point; diverging. 2. Departing from convention. 3. Differing from another: a divergent opinion. 4. behavior and why the divergences take the form they do, in that "break" can be used to describe part of the same scene in a construction such as "the window broke," while this option is not available to "hit." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Levin (linguistics, Stanford U., US) and Hovav (English, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem, Israel) a proper theory of argument realization must address such issues as the relevant facets of the meaning of verbs for the mapping from semantic representation to syntax, the nature of a lexical lex·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to the vocabulary, words, or morphemes of a language. 2. Of or relating to lexicography or a lexicon. [lexic(on) + -al1. semantic representation that encompasses these components of meaning, the nature of the algorithm which derives the syntactic expression of arguments, the extent to which nonsemantic factors such as information structure and heaviness govern argument realization, and the extent to which the semantic determinants of argument realization are lexical versus nonlexical. Here they review the different theories of argument realization and assess their relative effectiveness in dealing with theses issues. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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