Bridging theoretical modelling and advanced empirical techniques is a central aim of current
linguistic research. The progress in empirical methods contributes to the precise estimation of
the properties of linguistic data and promises new ways for justifying theoretical models and
testing their implications. The contributions to the present collective volume take up this
challenge and focus on the relevance of empirical results achieved through up-to-date
methodology for the theoretical analysis and modelling of argument structure. They tackle
issues of argument structure from different perspectives addressing questions related to
diverse verb types (unaccusatives unergatives (di)transitives psych verbs) morpho-syntactic
operations (prefixation simple vs. particle verbs) case distinctions (dative vs. accusative
case vs. prepositions) argument and voice alternations (dative vs. benefactive alternation
active vs. passive) word order alternations and the impact of animacy agentivity and
eventivity on argument structure. The volume will be of interest to theoretical linguists
psycholinguists and corpus linguists interested in the syntax of argument structure and its
modelling using precise empirical methods.
