About

Stephen M. Wechsler is a professor in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on syntactic theory, word meaning, grammatical agreement, and self-reference. The information provided emphasizes his academic role and research interests within the field of linguistics, highlighting his contributions to understanding the structure and meaning of language.

Research topics

• Geography

Selected publications

• Crossing the River

  2022

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• Postscript

  Oxford University Press eBooks · 2015-03-01

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  Abstract This short postscript addresses the following question: what causes natural language to work by means of lexical argument structures? That is, assuming the lexicalist view is correct, then why is it correct? Following the ‘meaning as use’ view of word meaning associated with the later work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, a word meaning cannot be equated with a concept, since language interpretation involves reading the intentions of the speaker. Instead, a word meaning corresponds to a rich pattern of use. Across the different shades of meaning of a given verb that arise in different uses of it, the mapping of arguments from the verb meaning to the subject and object functions remains constant. Thus the verb root is subject to a strong conservative pressure to preserve its argument mapping in the face of sense modulation. The lexical predicate argument structure is the grammatical representation of that strong conservative pressure.

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• Argument structure and linking

  Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1991-01-01 · 14 citations

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• Autoradiographic evaluation of the apical seal obtained with Silastic and Grossman's sealant under in vitro conditions

  Journal of Endodontics · 1980-12-01 · 9 citations

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• Apexification: a valuable and effective clinical procedure.

  Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) · 1978-09-01 · 11 citations

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• Iatrogenic Root Fractures: a Case Report

  Journal of Endodontics · 1978-01-01 · 18 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Francis E. Shovlin

  3 shared

• William R. Opderbeck

  2 shared

• Gerald Fishelberg

  2 shared

• Barry Nathanson

  1 shared

• Joseph Skribner

  1 shared

• Richard I. Vogel

  New York University

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• VICTOR GROSSMAN

  1 shared

• CJ LoMonaco

  1 shared