Productivity in Argument Selection

Productivity in Argument SelectionThis book centers on the idea that some verbs and other argument structure constructions have an inherently different propensity to realize lexically unfamiliar arguments, independently of lexical semantic meaning. This notion is explored both qualitatively using selected examples, and quantitatively using large amounts of corpus data, in both cases primarily from English and German.

The path ahead will be filled with questions and self-doubt—am I ready for this

Jesus Movement

often translated by the authors for the first time

It is 1963

legal gray zones

Clearly written and easily understood by the nonspecialist

With its comprehensive glossary

Ilina Singh

the profound shift in the concept of nature--from an organic worldview to the scientific--was assisted by the gender metaphor that defined nature as female

the state's treatment of immigrants

the alliterative Morte Arthure

affairs of the heart and affairs of state