Semantic Role Universals and Argument Linking

Semantic roles have long played a major role in all domains of linguistic explanation on account of their undisputed suitability as interface representations between syntax and semantics. By focusing on semantic roles and argument linking from such diverse perspectives as grammatical theories, language typology, psycho-/neurolinguistics and language disorders, the present volume encourages a new degree of cross-fertilisation in this important linguistic domain.



Ina Bornkessel, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany; Matthias Schlesewsky, Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany; Bernard Comrie, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany; Angela D. Friederici, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.