Three Studies in Locality and Case

ISBN-13: 9780415108270 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 272 str.

Alexander Grosu; A. Grosu;Grosu Alexander

Opis

This text deals with a central issue in modern linguistic theory: that of locality as expressed in the behaviour of non-overt categories. Grosu presents a detailed study of free relatives, nominal phrases, and a variety of constructions in Rumanian involving mill operators. This work should be of interest not only to linguists working on theoretical issues, but also to linguists interested in descriptive issues. It is estimated that Grosu's original detailed studies of major constructions in Rumanian - a language not yet thoroughly investigated in modern linguistics - will prove formative.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements, Introduction, Study I: The syntax of Free Relative Constructions, Introduction, 1. THE CONFIGURATIONAL PROPERTIES OF REALIS FRCs AND THEIR INTERNAL SYNTAX EFFECTS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF EARLIER LITERATURE, 2. THE SYNTAX OF NULL-OPERATOR REALIS FRCs, 3. THE THEORY OF pro, ANTI-PIED-PIPING EFFECTS AND NON-NOMINAL FRCs, 4. COINDEXATION-DEPENDENT PF PROCESSES, 5. THE ANALYSIS OF NON-INDICATIVE/IRREALIS FRCs, Study II: Romanian determiners as functional categories, Introduction, 6. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND EARLIER RESULTS, 7. ON THE ENCLITICIZATION PROCESS, Study III: On Null Operators in Romanian, Introduction, 8. pro-OPERATOR CONSTRUCTIONS, Notes, Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Alexander Grosu