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grammar (contra Marantz 1997, 2000; Borer 2003, who reduce it to a list of entries),
as there are derivational processes which must be assumed to apply prior to the
formation of syntactic structure. More specifically, I adopt the Theta System
framework developed in Reinhart (1996, 2000, 2001a,b, 2002) as a model for the
mental lexicon. Accordingly, I consider the external theta-role as part of the
information predicates bear in the lexicon (as argued in Reinhart and Siloni 2003),
rather than inserted in syntax by a verbal head, such as little v (Chomsky 1995,
Kratzer 1996, among others). The little v hypothesis is untenable within the model of
the lexicon adopted in this study (for systematic argumentation against the little v
hypothesis, see Horvath and Siloni 2003).