The Role of Light Verb Projection in Transitivity Alternation

English Linguistics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 348-375

  Sakai, Hiromu ^a   Ivana, Adrian ^a   Zhang, Chao ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agree; light verb; parametric syntax; phrase structure; transitivity alternation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248691842     PISSN: 09183701     EISSN: 18843107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9793/elsj1984.21.348     Document Type: Article

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