The phenomenon of unaccusativity is a central focus for the study of the complex properties of verb classes. This book combines contemporary approaches to the s

The alternation between the auxiliaries BE and HAVE, which this collection examines, is often discussed in connection with generative analyses of split intransi

This book investigates the concept of phase, aiming at a structural definition of the three domains that are assumed as the syntactic loci for interface interpr

This book explores the syntactic nature of inner aspect from a minimalist perspective. It begins with the new observation that there are two independent propert

The present volume is centered around five linguistic themes: argument structure and encoding strategies; argument structure and verb classes; unexpressed argum