Leonard H. Babby
List of John Benjamins publications in which Leonard H. Babby is involved.
Articles
2010 The syntactic differences between long and short forms of Russian adjectives Adjectives: Formal analyses in syntax and semantics, Cabredo Hofherr, Patricia and Ora Matushansky (eds.), pp. 53–84 | Article
The present paper analyses the syntax of long- and short-form adjectives in Russian. I argue that the two morphological forms correspond to two syntactic structures. Long-form Russian adjectives appear as secondary predicates: they have an unbound theta-role that needs to be bound by a c-commanding… read more
2010 The syntax of argument structure Argument Structure and Syntactic Relations: A cross-linguistic perspective, Duguine, Maia, Susana Huidobro and Nerea Madariaga (eds.), pp. 133–150 | Chapter
Although current generative theory acknowledges the existence of argument structure (AS), it nevertheless continues to assume that syntax is the primary computational system, which explains why it has failed to produce an integrated theory of morphosyntax. I define morphosyntax as the relation… read more
1993 Hybrid causative constructions: benefactive causative and adversity passive Causatives and Transitivity, Comrie, Bernard and Maria Polinsky (eds.), pp. 343–368 | Article