Titolo Root, templatic and argument filler constraints on the (anti)causative alternation in Italian: synchronic and diachronic aspects Periodico Lingue e linguaggio Anno: 2025 - Volume: 48 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 217 - Pagina finale: 248
This article explores synchronic and diachronic aspects of anti-causativization in Italian, focusing on variability in its morpho-syntactic encoding and the parameters determining it, both "verb-related" – templatic (reflecting the event structure template of verbs) as well as root/lexical (concerning the type of root and change encoded) – and "argument-related", involving thematic (e.g., agentivity) and inherent (e.g., animacy) properties of verbal arguments.