Volume 17, Winter 1995

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    Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 17, Winter 1995
    (University of Calgary, 1995-01) Bailey, Julie; Kitch, Sandra; Rowsell, Lorna V
    The editors of this issue, Sandra Kitch, Julie Bailey and Lorna V. Rowsell, are pleased to present the seventeenth issue of the Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics published by the Department of Linguistics at the University of Calgary. The papers published here represent works in progress and as such should not be considered in any way final or definitive.
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    External arguments and ter- in Malay
    (University of Calgary, 1995-01) Soh, Hooi Ling
    The verbal prefix ter- in Malay is associated with three unrelated meanings: adjectival passive (be V-ed), accidental (happened to V) and abilitative (able to V). We argue that the prefix ter- has no independent semantic content, and the various interpretations of ter- result from ter- suppressing certain elements in the argument structure of the verb. Based on the behavior of the prefix ter, we propose a model of argument structure which allows us to modify the semantic roles within the thematic and the aspectual tiers of the argument structure. We propose that argument structure operations include the delinking of a semantic role (thematic and/or aspectual) from the argument. This delinking mechanism permits finer operations on arguments, resulting in a more articulated inventory of argument types.
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    The incompatibility of lexical derivation and post-lexical arguments*
    (University of Calgary, 1995-01) Ritter, Elizabeth; Rosen, Sara Thomas
    In the present paper we demonstrate that the aspectual role CAUSER is syntactically assigned. This assumption allows a principled distinction between indirect causers and agents; it also accounts for restrictions on argument inheritance in lexical derivation, including the restriction against derivation of causativized verbs discussed in Pesetsky (1992), and the failure of -er nominalization of causativized verbs noted in Brousseau and Ritter (1991).
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    Thematic roles: a semantic feature analysis
    (University of Calgary, 1995-01) Armstrong, Susan
    Frawley has proposed three argument roles which are grouped under the category of logical actors: the roles of agent, author and instrument. Based on his descriptions of the category of logical actors, and the roles themselves, I propose to make two points in this paper. First, I will show that based on syntactic evidence there exists a fourth role in this category, which I will name causer. Secondly, in my opinion there is not a clear theoretical discussion of the relationship between the roles in the category of logical actors. I will propose that, through use of a binary feature system, we can show more clearly the relationship the roles have to each other with respect to their semantic and syntactic function.