Argument Structure description in the Kurdish Language

Sirwan Samen Ahmed

Kurdish Department, University of kurkuk

Shelan Omar Huseen

Kurdish Department , University of sulaimani

DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.6.1.11

Keywords: Argument Structure, Predicate, Argument, Theta Roles


Abstract

This research is entitled (Argument Structure description in the Kurdish Language), an attempt to present the relationship between syntax and semantics. The purpose of argument structure is to show the relationship between predicates and arguments in a sentence. The data and samples of the study were taken from the Kurdish Lexicon. According to their Lexical information, the argument structure was presented and then tested in syntax to determine the relationship between the argument structure and the syntactic structures. In the result, the research indicates the argument structure is central between semantics and syntactic structures.