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S-selection
SYNTAX: the conditions which a head imposes on its immediate context through its argument structure, i.e. the
theta-roles it assigns, is called s(emantic)-selection.
EXAMPLE: the fact that the verb to persuade selects a subject
denoting an actor (or agent), and two complements,
one denoting the person who is the action's target and one denoting a proposition
(cf. he persuaded me to go), is considered a matter of s-selection. S-selection is distinguished from c(ategorial)-selection, the conditions imposed
in terms of categorical features (e.g. N,V). It is a point of debate whether and to what extent c-selection can be derived from s-selection (e.g. by rules of canonical structural realization). Next to s- and c-selection, some assume m(orphological)-selection, which applies word-internally.
LIT. | Chomsky, N. (1986a) Chomsky, N. and H. Lasnik (1993) Ouhalla, J. (1990) Pesetsky, D. (1982) |