Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction··········································································· 1
Chapter 2: Thematic Structure and Syntax ············································· 92.1. The VP Shell Structure and Thematic Roles································· 92.2. LOCATION and LOCATUM ····················································· 142.2.1. The Three-fold Classification of Adjectives ························ 152.2.2. Three Types of Predicates and Thematic Roles ··················· 272.2.3. Some Consequences ···························································· 332.3. Thematic Hierarchy ···································································· 43
2.4. Word Order and Case·································································· 49
2.5. More on Case and the VP Shell Structure··································· 55
2.6. Summary····················································································· 74
Chapter 3: Resultative Constructions ··················································· 77
3.1. The Acceptability of English Resultative Constructions ············ 79
3.1.1. Acceptable Resultative Constructions in English ················ 79
3.1.2. Unacceptable Resultative Constructions in English ············ 81
3.1.3. An Account of the Data························································ 84
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Thematic Structure: A Theory of Argument Linking and Comparative Syntax

3.1.4. Comments on Previous Studies·········································· 105
3.2. Cross-linguistic Variation in Resultative Constructions············ 113
3.3. Summary ··················································································· 128
Chapter 4: Double Object Constructions ············································ 129
4.1. The Proposed Analysis······························································ 129
4.2. Constraints on Verbs Appearing in Double ObjectConstructions ············································································ 133
4.2.1. Benefactive Constructions ················································· 133
4.2.2. Case-related Restrictions···················································· 141
4.3. Thematic Constraints on Double Object Constructions ············ 155
4.4. Cross-linguistic Variation in Benefactive Constructions··········· 166
4.4.1. Benefactive Constructions in Japanese ······························ 166
4.4.2. Benefactive Constructions in German································ 183
4.5. Summary ··················································································· 188
Chapter 5: Middle Constructions ························································ 191
5.1. Properties of English Middle Constructions andPrevious Analyses ····································································· 192
5.2. A Syntactic Analysis of English Middles ·································· 203
5.3. Restrictions on Middle Verbs ···················································· 213
5.4. Summary ··················································································· 229
Chapter 6: Locative Inversion Constructions······································ 231
6.1. Previous Analyses of Locative Inversion Constructions ··········· 233
6.2. A New Type of Unaccusative Analysis ····································· 249
6.3. Summary ··················································································· 266
Chapter 7: Conclusion ········································································ 269
References····························································································· 277
Index ····································································································· 289