Dative-predicative structures and the syntax-semantics interface in Russian and Bulgarian Cover Image

Дативно-предикативные структуры и семантико-синтаксический интерфейс в русском и болгарском языках
Dative-predicative structures and the syntax-semantics interface in Russian and Bulgarian

Author(s): Maxim Stamenov, Anton Zimmerling
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Syntax, Lexis, Semantics, Comparative Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive linguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages, South Slavic Languages, Phraseology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: agreement; dative-predicative structures; dative-infinitive structures; Davidsonian states; experiencer; syntactic control; semantic control; grammatical category of person; pronominal clitics
Summary/Abstract: In this chapter we study the place of dative-predicative structures (DPS) in Russian and Bulgarian and their interaction with the syntax-semantics interface. We pay attention to the main distinctive features of predicatives from a formal and a semantic perspective, as well as to the properties and specifics of the interface between the form and content of this type of structures in terms of their capacity for expressing core morphological, syntactic and semantic relations.