Instrumental with and the Control Relation in English,

Abstract

This paper explores the nature of the underlying representation of a sentence, that representation formulated to make explicit the semantic structure of a sentence as a description of an event. It argues that the typical conception an underlying representation as a predicate-argument representation, exemplifie- in systems of case and thematic relations, must be modified. An underlying representation must include semantic relations between noun phrases as well as the predicate-argument relations of noun phrases to a verb. An examination of instrumental with will be used to motivate and justify this revision. In particular, an account of instrumental with requires the introduction of the control relation, a relation between two noun phrases. (Author)

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078420

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  • Beth C. Levin

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