Ellipsis and focus in generative grammar /
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
©2005.
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Colección: | Studies in generative grammar ;
81. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: Ellipsis and focus: An introduction
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The derivational model
- 3. The syntax-semantics interface
- 3.1. The cyclic derivation of surface semantic interpretation
- 3.2. The double-cycle information structure hypothesis
- 3.3. Information focus and contrastive focus: A derivational approach
- 4. The hybrid focus analysis of ellipsis
- 5. Conclusion
- 6. Distinguishing sentence-bound and discourse-bound ellipsis: A preview
- Chapter 2: Ellipsis at the interfaces: A proposal
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Deletion vs. deaccentuation2.1. Previous accounts
- 2.2. The parallel computation account
- 3. The pragmatics-PF interface
- 3.1. Anaphoricity and the traditional notion of givenness
- 3.2. Schwarzschild�s proposal: The notion of GIVENness
- 3.3. Objections
- 3.4. E-GIVENness and VP-/IP-ellipsis
- 3.5. Contrastivity and VP-ellipsis
- 4. The syntax-phonology interface
- 4.1. The derivation of intonation by phase
- 4.2. The derivation of ellipsis by phase
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 3: VP-anaphora and ellipsis of VP in English and German
- 1. Introduction1.1. In search of VP -ellipsis in German
- 1.2. Roadmap
- 2. The representation of ellipsis
- 2.1. The proform hypothesis vs. the PF-deletion hypothesis
- 2.2. VP-ellipsis: Arguments for an empty proform account
- 2.3. German VPA patterns with English VPE
- 2.4. Evidence from English for the derivational account of VPE
- 3. German auch-ellipsis
- 3.1. Ellipsis of VP in German
- 3.2. Auch-ellipsis is a case of contrastive remnant ellipsis or stripping
- 3.3. A sideward movement account of contrastive remnant ellipsis
- 3.4. Contrastive remnant ellipsis and the syntax-phonology interface4. Conclusion
- Chapter 4: Gapping: A sideward movement account
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The syntax of gapping
- 2.1. Deletion vs. ATB-movement accounts
- 2.2. The proposal: Gapping as sideward movement of vP
- 3. Evidence for the sideward movement account
- 3.1. The information structure of gapping: Paired contrastive remnants
- 3.2. Scope facts as evidence for vP coordination
- 3.3. Intonational evidence for vP coordination
- 3.4. Evidence for an A�-position in vP
- Chapter 5: Conclusion and final remarks1. The informational structural proposal for ellipsis
- 2. Challenges for further research
- 3. Closing remark: Or a note on Wittgenstein�s problem
- Notes
- References
- Subject Index
- Author Index