Lexical-Functional Syntax, 2nd Edition, the definitive text for Lexical Functional Grammar
(LFG) with a focus on syntax, is updated to reflect recent developments in the field. Provides …

We examine copy raising in two closely related Germanic languages, English and Swedish,
and offer a formal analysis of its syntax and semantics. We develop a new event semantics …

Glue Semantics is a general framework for semantic composition and the syntax–semantics
interface. It assumes an autonomous syntax and therefore needs to be paired with some …

The distinction between arguments and adjuncts is fundamental to most linguistic theories,
yet the distinction is not always clear. In addition to clear arguments and clear adjuncts …

We draw together ideas from a number of certain recent proposals in the LFG literature for
the encoding of lexical information and the sharing of this information across valencies in a …

This investigation is part of the authors' larger research project on so-called minor
declarative complementizers in the history of English, that is, connectives recruited mostly in …

Raising and control are classic topics that have had a key role in theoretical debates since
the early days of transformational grammar. In this chapter we examine these structural …

This is the first part of a two‐part article that reviews a number of the current debates
regarding raising and control constructions. The issues addressed in this part include the …

Evidentiality is a well-established morphosyntactic category that has also received a lot of
attention in the semantics literature over the last 15+ years. However, it has received scant …

This paper uncovers evidence for two linked levels of morphosyntactic change occurring in
Canadian English. The more ordinary is a lexical replacement: with finite subordination after …