On the projection of ditransitive verbs*

This paper deals with the problem of the projection of arguments, i.e., how the arguments of a predicate are integrated into a syntactic structure. My starting point is the model offered in Borer (1993). This model is defined by Borer as a 'syntactic predicate based account' of the projection of arguments. In the next section I will briefly sketch the different approaches to the problem of argument projection, bringing some evidence from variable behaviour verbs that motivates a predicate-based syntactic account. Borer's model is presented in the third section. Finally, I examine a case which was not dealt with in Borer (1993), that of ditransitives, and suggest some modifications to that model.