Transitivity and Argument Structure in Flux

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Our project aims to investigate transitivity parameters as affecting argument structure constructions and their development over time. To do this, we combine different perspectives and methodologies in order to include language change, language reconstruction, and language typology in the light of current theorizing on argument realization and the encoding of the argument structure of verbs.

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This project is funded by the Italian Ministry for Education and Research (MIUR) in the framework of the 2015 PRIN call, grant no. 20159M7X5P.

Principal investigators:

  • Michela CENNAMO (UniversitĂ  degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II"), national coordinator and coordinator of the Naples research team
  • Silvia LURAGHI (UniversitĂ  degli Studi di Pavia), coordinator of the Pavia research team

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