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The syntax of adjuncts /

"This book proposes a theory of the distribution of adverbial adjuncts in a Principles and Parameters framework, claiming that there are a few syntactic principles specific to adverbials; rather, for the most part, adverbials adjoin freely to any projection. Adjuncts' possible hierarchical...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Ernst, Thomas Boyden
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Collection:Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 96.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Semantics of Predicational Adverbs; 3 The Scopal Basis of Adverb Licensing; 4 Arguments for Right-Adjunction; 5 Noncanonical Orders and the Structure of VP; 6 Event-Internal Adjuncts; 7 Adjunct Licensing in the AuxRange; 8 Adjuncts in Clause-Initial Projections; 9 Conclusions and Prospects; Notes; References; Name Index; Languages Index; Subject Index.