Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter I. The theoretical background: Kayneâ€?s (1994) “Antisymmetry of Syntaxâ€?
  • 0. Introduction
  • 1. X-bar theory in the Principles and Parameters framework
  • 1.1. Dominance versus linear order: the directionality parameters
  • 1.2. “Invisibleâ€? nodes
  • 1.3. Binary branching
  • 2. Some empirical evidence
  • 2.1. Against adjunction
  • 2.2. Against multiple sister complements
  • 2.3. Against rightward adjunction
  • 3. Kayneâ€?s (1994) Antisymmetry
  • 3.1. The Linear Correspondence Axiom
  • 3.2. Consequences for phrase structure
  • 3.3. Consequences for linear order4. Other theoretical assumptions
  • 5. Summary
  • Chapter II. Restrictive relative clauses
  • 0. Introduction
  • 1. The adjunct analysis
  • 2. Kayneâ€?s (1994) raising analysis
  • 2.1. The DP hypothesis
  • 2.2. The hypothesis of the external determiner
  • 2.3. The raising of the relative “headâ€?
  • 3. Evidence for the external determiner
  • 3.1. Licensing of a definite D°
  • 3.2. Indefiniteness of the relative trace
  • 3.3. Idiom chunks
  • 3.4. Scope assignment under reconstruction
  • 3.5. Floating quantifiers
  • 3.6. An alternative analysis4. Evidence for raising
  • 4.1. Idiomatic expressions
  • 4.2. Predicate nominals
  • 4.3. Reconstruction for binding
  • 4.4. The problem of the trigger
  • 5. A locality problem
  • 5.1. Barriers
  • 5.2. Head-to-head dependencies
  • 5.3. Concluding remarks
  • 6. Cross-linguistic evidence in favour of the raising analysis
  • 6.1. Internally headed relative clauses
  • 6.2. Superlatives and “degreeâ€? relative clauses
  • 7. Summary and open questions
  • Chapter III. The syntax of relative determiners
  • 0. Introduction
  • 1. A mixed analysis: Ã?farli (1994)2. Relative pronouns as determiners
  • 2.1. The trigger of raising
  • 2.2. Movement of DP/PP
  • 2.3. The raising of the NP “headâ€?
  • 2.4. Omission of the relative determiner
  • 2.5. A morphosyntactic problem
  • 3. The non-definiteness of the relative DP
  • 3.1. Empirical evidence
  • 4. Some issues in the syntax of relative determiners
  • 4.1. Correlative clauses
  • 4.2. From correlatives to externally headed relatives
  • 4.3. Inverse attraction
  • 4.4. Case attraction
  • 4.5. Postposition of the relative determiner
  • 4.6. Concluding remarks5. The typology of relative determiners in the Indo-European languages
  • 5.1. The correlative origin of relative pronouns
  • 5.2. Relative pronouns as articles
  • 5.3. The cycle of the definite article
  • 5.4. Three types of relative determiner
  • 6. Summary and open questions
  • Chapter IV. A reconstruction asymmetry
  • 0. Introduction
  • 1. Reconstruction as a test for the raising of the “headâ€?
  • 2. Principle C effects
  • 2.1. The exceptional behaviour of tonic pronouns
  • 3. Principle A effects