Discovering syntax : clause structures of English, German and Romance /
The essays in this volume, dating from 1991 onwards, focus on highly characteristic constructions of English, Romance languages, and German. The self-contained essays on classic generative debates can all be read separately. They are rich in empirical documentation, and yet in all of them, solutions...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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Publisher Address: | Berlin ;Boston : |
Publication Dates: |
[2008] ©2007 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Studies in generative grammar [sgg] ;
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The essays in this volume, dating from 1991 onwards, focus on highly characteristic constructions of English, Romance languages, and German. The self-contained essays on classic generative debates can all be read separately. They are rich in empirical documentation, and yet in all of them, solutions are constructed around a coherent, relatively simple theoretical core. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (405pages). |
ISBN: | 9783110207521 |
Index Number: | PB211 |
CLC: | H04 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue to Discovering Syntax -- Part I: Structures in lexical projections -- Chapter 1. Types of syntactic categories and -- features -- Chapter 2. The restricted complement space of -- lexical frames -- Chapter 3. The autonomy of the (syntactic) lexicon -- and syntax: Insertion conditions for derivational and inflectional -- morphemes -- Chapter 4. Secondary predication, stationary -- particles, and silent prepositions -- Chapter 5. Projecting indirect objects -- Part II: Minimal structures for functional -- categories -- Chapter 6. The flat structure economy of -- semi-lexical heads -- Chapter 7. How clitics license null phrases: A -- theory of the lexical interface -- Chapter 8. English indirect passives -- Part III: Landing sites of phrasal -- movements -- Chapter 9. A theory of phrase structure based on -- Extended Projections -- Chapter 10. The lower operator position with -- parasitic gaps -- Chapter 11. Unspecified categories as the key to -- root constructions -- Backmatter |