Essays on the representational and derivational nature of grammar : the diversity of Wh-constructions /

This book can be read on two levels: as a novel empirical study of wh- interrogatives and relative constructions in a variety of languages and as a theoretical investigation of chain formation in grammar. The book is divided into two parts. Part I investigates the distribution and interpretation of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aoun, Joseph
Otros Autores: Li, Yen-hui Audrey, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2003.
Colección:Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 40.
Temas:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Interrogative.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Relative clauses.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Generative grammar.
Interrogatif.
Relatives.
Syntaxe.
Grammaire générative.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Vraagzinnen.
Afleiding (taalkunde)
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1 Superiority and Movement
  • 1.1 Superiority as a Condition on Movement
  • 1.2 Superiority in Nonmovement structures
  • 1.3 Superiority and Movement
  • 1.4 Summary
  • Chapter 2 Superiority and the Minimal Match Condition
  • 2.1 Distinguishing Resumptive Pronouns from Bound Pronouns
  • 2.2 The Minimal Match Condition
  • 2.3 Superiority and 'Which' Phrases in Lebanese Arabic
  • 2.4 The Minimal Match Condition and Other Minimality Conditions
  • 2.5 Summary
  • Chapter 3 Superiority and Interpretation
  • 3.1 Superiority and Weak Crossover
  • 3.2 Functional, Distributional, and Pair-List Interpretations
  • 3.3 Generating Interpretations
  • 3.4 Wh-Quantifiers versus Wh-Variables
  • 3.5 Summary
  • Chapter 4 Head-Initial Relative Constructions
  • 4.1 Promotion versus Matching (Operator Movement)
  • 4.2 Relative Constructions in English
  • 4.3 Relative Constructions in Lebanese Arabic
  • 4.4 Summary
  • Chapter 5 Head-Final Relative Constructions
  • 5.1 Reconstruction in Chinese Relativization
  • 5.2 NP Projection
  • 5.3 Adjunction
  • 5.4 Complementation structure
  • 5.5 Summary
  • Chapter 6 Adjunction Structure and Derivation
  • 6.1 Derivation
  • 6.2 Base-Generation
  • 6.3 NP versus Adjunct
  • 6.4 Null Operator, Null Head
  • 6.5 Resumptive Adjuncts
  • 6.6 Gapless structures
  • 6.7 Chain Binding?
  • 6.8 Summary
  • Chapter 7 Typology of Relativization
  • 7.1 Universal structure?
  • 7.2 Derivation
  • A1 The Rescuing Effect of an Additional Wh-Element
  • A2 Antisuperiority Effects.

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