1: Remarks On Argument Structure

Abstract

This volume explores a basic but central question that drives much of the current research in formal syntax. Simply put, this question asks where the various components used to create a clause come from. This area of linguistic research has been investigated in the last few decades within a certain domain called argument structure (AS), and within the generative framework, there are two competing approaches (with variants). This chapter offer remarks on the nature of argument structure designed to set the stage for the various contributions included in this volume. As such, they are not meant to exhaustively present the state of the art in this area of linguistic research, and the references cited here should be complemented by the ones found in the subsequent chapters. The last section of this chapter provides a short summary of the papers included in this volume. Keywords: argument structure; linguistic research