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This paper
provides an analysis of English middle structures within the framework of the
Lexical Constructional Model (LCM), which proposes a central module, the level
1 or argument module, consisting of elements of syntactically relevant semantic
interpretation based on the interaction between lexical and constructional
templates. Hence, the first task will be to explain the constructional template
corresponding to middle sentences in English by means of the metalanguage
proposed in the model. Nevertheless, and following some of the more recent—and
still programmatic—proposals (cf. Cortés and Sosa, 2008; Mairal and Ruiz de Mendoza,
2008; Cortés, 2009), the Middle Template will also include its corresponding
qualia features, following Pustejovsky’s (1995) semantic theory. This extended
system of representation will allow us to give a principled account of the
semantic (in)compatibility between lexical elements (predicates and arguments)
and the middle construction.
Cortés-Rodríguez,
F. & Mairal Usón, R. (2013). Constraints on English middle
structures: A Lexical-Constructional analysis. Onomázein, nro. 27, pp. 220-240.
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