Unaccusativity: At the Syntax-Lexical Semantics Interface Book

	Series Foreword
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
1.1	Unaccusativity Introduced	2
1.2	Approaches to Unaccusativity	4
1.3	Deep versus Surface Unaccusativity	17
1.4	Assumptions about Lexical Representations	20
Ch. 2	The Anatomy of a Diagnostic: The Resultative Construction	33
2.1	The Distribution of Resultative Phrases	34
2.2	The Syntax of the Resultative Construction	41
2.3	Semantic Restrictions on the Resultative Construction	55
2.4	Alternative Accounts of the Resultative Construction	62
Ch. 3	The Causative Alternation: A Probe into Lexical Semantics and Argument Structure	79
3.1	A Causative Analysis of Alternating Unaccusative Verbs	82
3.2	A Closer Look at the Causative Alternation	89
3.3	Verbs of Existence and Appearance	119
Ch. 4	The Linking of Arguments	135
4.1	The Linking Rules	135
4.2	Ordering the Linking Rules	158
4.3	Comparison with Other Approaches	166
Ch. 5	Verbs with Multiple Meanings	179
5.1	Rule-Governed Variable Behavior	182
5.2	Consequences for Lexical Representation	205
5.3	Variable Behavior That Is Not Rule-Governed	208
Ch. 6	The Problem of Locative Inversion	215
6.1	Locative Inversion: An Introduction	218
6.2	The Verbs Found in Locative Inversion	220
6.3	The Discourse Function of Locative Inversion	228
6.4	Evidence from Various Verb Classes	232
6.5	Unergative Verbs in Locative Inversion	251
6.6	The Syntax of Locative Inversion: Is an Unaccusative Analysis Necessary?	260
6.7	An Alternative Account	271
6.8	The Larger Picture	274
	Afterword	279
	Appendix A Verb Classes and Their Members	281
	Appendix B Verbs Found in the Locative Inversion Construction	285
	Notes	287
	References	305
	Sources of Examples	323
	Index	329