Since the 1980s there has been remarkable progress in syntactic theory and particularly in the understanding of the structure of the theory. This book brings together Hilda J. Koopman's essays in the field, written during this time of rapid theoretical development. It covers such topics as: interpretation and distribution of pronouns; ECP effects; specifiers and phrase structure; the role and functioning of head movement; and the architecture of grammar. Each chapter draws syntactic arguments from phenomena in a broad range of languages and brings these to bear on the structure of syntactic...
Since the 1980s there has been remarkable progress in syntactic theory and particularly in the understanding of the structure of the theory. This book...
This collection brings together some of Dominique Sportiche's best work, including essays that are published here for the first time. The articles discuss the architecture of syntax in natural languages and Sportiche suggests that languages do not differ at all in their syntactic organization. This view takes shape through the analysis of a variety of syntactic configurations and essays examine what it means to be a Subject, how Case marking functions, how it relates to Agreement, and how Pronominal Clitic Constructions should be analyzed.
This collection brings together some of Dominique Sportiche's best work, including essays that are published here for the first time. The articles...
Professor Howard Lasnik is one of the world's leading theoretical linguists. He has produced influential and important work in areas such as syntactic theory, logical form, and learnability. This collection of essays draws together some of his best work, along with an introduction in which Carlos Otero provides an overview of Lasnik's susbstantial contribution to linguistic theory.
Professor Howard Lasnik is one of the world's leading theoretical linguists. He has produced influential and important work in areas such as syntactic...
The investigation of sentential complementation focuses on properties of sentences that are embedded in other sentences. This book brings together a variety of studies on this topic in the framework of generative grammar. The first part of the book focuses on infinitival complements. The author provides new perspectives on raising and control, longstanding problems in infinitival complementation. He then examines the problem of clitic ordering in infinitives in Romance languages. The second part of the book addresses various aspects of Wh- sentences: extraction from negative and factive...
The investigation of sentential complementation focuses on properties of sentences that are embedded in other sentences. This book brings together a v...
These essays explore wide ranging aspects of the syntax and semantics of human languages. They also examines methods in generative linguistics, and the role of rules vs. principles in syntactic theory. Key topics covered in the work include: DT movement phenomena and the syntax of logical form DT the representation and semantic interpretation of certain empty categories DT, and the formation and representation of A-chains, A-bar chains and verb-chains. The book presents a bold hypothesis concerning methods of determining unification vs. non-unification of syntactic principles, based on...
These essays explore wide ranging aspects of the syntax and semantics of human languages. They also examines methods in generative linguistics, and th...
In this collection of essays, Rizzi addresses the central issues in syntax theory, comparative syntax and the theoretically conscious study of language acquisition.
In this collection of essays, Rizzi addresses the central issues in syntax theory, comparative syntax and the theoretically conscious study of languag...
This collection of essays, written between 1980 and 2001, places the search for theoretical elegance at centre stage. The author shows that although the conceptual difference between 'elegance' and the minimalist search for 'perfection' may appear to be subtle, its consequences are in fact wide ranging and radical. These considerations lead to a markedly different and novel theory of syntax where most of the major features of minimalism, such as derivation, economy, merge, move, phrases and projection, are not just reanalysed or shifted to other components but in a majority of cases are...
This collection of essays, written between 1980 and 2001, places the search for theoretical elegance at centre stage. The author shows that although t...
Generative Grammar presents a substantial contribution to the field of linguistics in drawing together for the first time the author's most significant work on the theory of generative grammar.
The essays collected here display Freidin's role in moving the theory forward in terms of new proposals, and analyse the efforts to understand the evolution and history of the theory by careful investigation of how and why it has changed over the years.
Generative Grammar presents a substantial contribution to the field of linguistics in drawing together for the first time the author's most signifi...
Professor Howard Lasnik is one of the world's leading theoretical linguists. This collection of essays draws together some of his best work from his substantial contribution to linguistic theory.
Professor Howard Lasnik is one of the world's leading theoretical linguists. This collection of essays draws together some of his best work from his s...
This highly original and innovative analysis focuses on the morphosyntax of dialects comprising Italy, Corsica and the Italian and Romansch-speaking areas of Switzerland. The empirical base used in the book includes a wealth of previously unknown or understudied data from a variety of Romansch dialects, whilst the theoretical framework is extremely sophisticated and up-to-date. Linguists of all genres will be fascinated by Manzini and Savoiaa (TM)s radical conclusion: they claim that their work suggests a unification of morphology and syntax.
This highly original and innovative analysis focuses on the morphosyntax of dialects comprising Italy, Corsica and the Italian and Romansch-speakin...
