This book examines the verb derivation in Modern Greek within an alternations framework and suggests a new model of analysis for verb derivation in general. The Greek -izo verb derivatives constitute the focus of this study. The analysis is mainly motivated by Beth Levin s work, who attempts to define significant meaning components for the English verb on the basis of diathesis alternations. The proposed model incorporates a version of Ray Jackendoff s conceptual semantics. Issues covered in the book include the definition of five alternations for the Modern Greek verb and the...