Abstract
This study deals with theta-role saturation in deverbal and verbal compounds in Greek. We claim that theta-role saturation inside compounds is related to the configurational properties of argument structure, as well as to the properties of rich morphology, particularly to strong inflection. This claim, combined with the fact that several semantic roles may be expressed in an adjunct position whereas a more restricted set of semantic roles is represented in a complement position, can account for theta-role saturation inside Greek compounds.
This work has been supported in part by the grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Council (441-92-0012) attributed to Anna Maria Di Sciullo and by a grant from the University of Athens research Commission (70-4-1681) attributed to Angela Ralli.
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di Sciullo, AM., Ralli, A. (1999). Theta-Role Saturation in Greek Compounds. In: Alexiadou, A., Horrocks, G., Stavrou, M. (eds) Studies in Greek Syntax. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 43. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9177-5_10
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