Lexical-Functional Syntax [Paperback]

• Provides both an introduction to LFG and a synthesis of major theoretical developments in lexical-functional syntax over the past few decades
• Includes in-depth discussions of a large number of syntactic phenomena from typologically diverse languages
• Features extensive problem sets and solutions in each chapter to aid in self-study
• Incorporates reader feedback from the 1st Edition to correct errors and enhance clarity

Preface to the Second Edition xv

Acknowledgments xvii

I Motivation for the LFG Architecture 1

1 Nonconfigurationality 3

Further reading 10

2 Movement Paradoxes 11

2.1 Theoretical assumptions 15

Further reading and discussion 19

3 Lexicality and Argument Structure 21

3.1 Two approaches to passive relation changes 21

3.2 The lexicality of relation changes 23

3.2.1 English passive verb forms 24

3.2.2 Adjectives versus verbs 24

3.2.3 Participle–adjective conversion 25

3.2.4 Passive participles convert to adjectives 25

3.2.5 Differences between adjectival and verbal passives explained 27

3.2.6 Differences between adjectival and verbal passives unexplained 28

3.2.7 Conclusion: passivization is lexical 32

3.3 Passivization with and without movement 32

Further reló²