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.