Argument Structure as a Locus for Binding Theory

this paper that consideration of typologically diverse languages shows that this design decision in the architecture of Universal Grammar is mistaken. After outlining my approach to argument structure, I briefly present four situations in which there are mismatches between argument structure and grammatical relations and argue from that evidence that the core constraints of binding theory -- both the definition of binding domains and the relationship between an anaphor and its antecedent -- should rather be described in terms of argument structure configurations. I then outline what an argument-structure-based account of binding looks like, before concluding with some discussion about how far this account can be pushed -- about what other factors influence binding possibilities. 2 Argument structure versus grammatical relation