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Morphodynamic Predicate Architecture proposes a new derivational theory of predicate grammar. Against approaches that treat telicity, thematic roles, event class, argument structure, and sentence type as primitive categories, this book argues that they are downstream outputs of a smaller operation-domain calculus. The architecture is built from two primitive operations: Collapse, which reduces a predicate-generated domain toward an endpoint, anchor, or stabilized coordinate; and Refinement, which elaborates a domain into continuation, trajectory, or processual unfolding. These operations generate domain states, predicate types, argument classes, and sentence classes. The result is a unified account of predicate flexibility, coercion, blocking, coordinate objects, vectorial complements, collapse-driven sentences, and refinement-driven sentences. The book’s scalar–eventive implementation, Predicate Domain Geometry, formalizes Collapse as Scalar Endpoint Collapse and Refinement as Eventive Expansion. Their interaction is regulated by the Interface Constraint, which predicts when scalar and eventive configurations are compatible, coerced, or blocked. The manuscript includes worked derivations, anti-circularity protocols, cross-linguistic diagnostics, falsifiers, typological predictions, and an experimental design for future validation. This book offers a new ontology for predicate grammar: traditional categories are not abandoned, but relocated. They are no longer primitives. They are outputs.