Proto-Properties and Grammatical Encoding: A Correspondence Theory of Argument Selection Book

	Aknowledgments
	Abreviations
	Introduction	1
1	Basic Linking Problems	1
	Overview	5
	Correspondence Theory	10
2	Grammatical Theory and Semantic Roles	15
1	Grammatically Relevant Subsets of Features	15
2	On Characterizing Semantic Roles	18
3	A Proto-Role Proposal: Syntagmatic Argument Selection	27
1	Proto-Roles and Proto-Properties	27
2	The Syntagmatic Argument Selection Principle	34
3	Extending the Inventory of Proto-Properties	37
4	Entailments and Valence	42
4	Paradigmatic Argument selection	61
1	Two Types of Argument Selection	61
2	Psych-Predicates and Croft's Generalization	62
3	Causatives: Interacting Selection Principles	71
4	Extensions of the Paradigmatic Selection Principles	80
5	Bounding Entities	83
1	Telicity and Transitivity	83
2	'Bounding Entity' as a Thematic Proto-Property	89
3	Conclusions	137
6	Subject Alternations	141
1	Agent-Centered Alternations	141
2	Inversion Nominals	142
3	Dative Subjects	157
7	Conclusion	169
1	Syntagmatic vs. Paradigmatic Selection	169
2	Identifying Proto-Properties	170
3	Extending the Paradigm	171
4	Paradigmatic Comparison of Proto-Property Sets	173
5	Argument Selection and Linking Theories	175
	Bibliography	179
	Index	191