Reviews for Prolegomenon to a Theory of Argument Structure

The average rating for Prolegomenon to a Theory of Argument Structure based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-01-11 00:00:00 Shane Nugent Hale and Keyser's collaborative work is always interesting. However, I couldn't give this book a 5-star rating for two reasons: 1) there were many places in this book where they provide speculative accounts, which I didn't find very convincing; and 2) their proposal seems to work for English, some native American languages, and probably some other languages too, but I don't see how it would account for causative-inchoative alternation in some other languages like Semitic languages. A good theory of argument structure needs to have that kind of power to account for as many languages as possible.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-01-02 00:00:00 Haris Maihadi "Interesting....I think thatthis book is a must-read. For those who are just starting dealing with the issues of narrative theory and narratology this is a good start. Even for those who have an idea about the field of narratology this book does in fact expand their knowledge. It brings into light and discusses some issues (like characters, the plot, storytelling and its relation to reallife, drama, telivisio, ...) in a waythatis capable of changing how one sees narratives."