Essays in Syntactic Theory

ISBN-13: 9780415647557 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 228 str.

Samuel David Epstein

Opis

The essays in this collection explore wide-ranging aspects of the syntax and semantics of human languages. Key topics covered include movement phenomena and the syntax of logical form, methods in generative linguistics and the role of rules versus principles in syntactic theory.

Spis treści

1. A note on functional determination and strong crossover  2. Quantifier-pro and the LF Representation of PROarb  3. The local binding condition and LF chains  4. Adjunction and pronominal variable binding  5. Quantification in null operator constructions  6. Differentiation and reduction in syntactic theory: a case study  7. Derivational constraints on A-chain formation  8. Overt scope marking and covert verb-second  9. Un-principled syntax and the derivation of syntactic relations

O autorze

Epstein, Samuel David