Syntactic effects of conjunctivist semantics : unifying movement and adjunction /

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This book explores the syntactic and semantic properties of movement and adjunction in natural language. A precise formulation of minimalist syntax is proposed, guided by an independently motivated hypothesis about the composition of neo-Davidsonian logical forms, in which there is no atomic movemen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hunter, Tim, 1982-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins, 2011.
Colección:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 170.
Temas:
Semantics.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Conjunctions.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Adjuncts.
Sémantique.
Syntaxe.
Conjonctions (Linguistique)
Adjoints (Linguistique)
semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction
  • 1.1. Goals
  • 1.2. Methodology
  • 1.3. Structure of the book
  • 1.4. Motivation: Why movement and adjunction?
  • ch. 2 Background
  • 2.1. Minimalist Grammars
  • 2.1.1. early formulation
  • 2.1.2. Eliminating redundancies in expressions
  • 2.1.3. Movement as re-merge
  • 2.1.4. remark on notation
  • 2.2. Conjunctivist conception of neo-Davidsonian semantics
  • 2.2.1. Neo-Davidsonian logical forms
  • 2.2.2. Conjunctivist semantic composition
  • 2.2.2.1. Pure function application
  • 2.2.2.2. Function application with adjustment in certain configurations
  • 2.2.2.3. Conjunction with adjustment in certain configurations
  • 2.2.2.4. Comparisons and discussion
  • 2.2.3. Conjunctivist details
  • 2.2.4. Potential objections
  • ch. 3 Arguments, adjuncts and Conjunctivist interpretation
  • 3.1. Overview
  • 3.2. Syntactic properties of arguments and adjuncts
  • 3.2.1. Descriptive generalisations
  • 3.2.2. Adjuncts in the MG formalism
  • 3.3. Syntactic consequences of Conjunctivism
  • 3.4. Conjunctivist interpretation of MG derivations
  • 3.4.1. Getting started
  • 3.4.2. Interpretation of arguments
  • 3.4.3. Interpretation of adjuncts
  • 3.5. Discussion
  • 3.5.1. Potential objections
  • 3.5.2. Use of the terms "spellout" and "phase"
  • 3.5.3. role of syntactic features and semantic sorts
  • 3.6. Counter-cyclic adjunction
  • 3.6.1. MG implementations of counter-cyclic adjunction
  • 3.6.2. Constraints on counter-cyclic adjunction
  • 3.7. Conclusion
  • 3.A. Appendix: Structures with vP shells
  • ch. 4 Adjunct islands and freezing effects
  • 4.1. Overview
  • 4.2. Previous accounts of adjunct islands and freezing effects
  • 4.2.1. Early work: Non-canonical structures
  • 4.2.2.

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