Checking theory and grammatical functions in universal grammar /

Hiroyuki Ura demonstrates that his theory of multiple feature-checking, an extension of Chomsky's AGR-less checking theory, gives a natural explanation for a wide range of data drawn from a variety of languages in a very consistent way with a limited set of parameters.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ura, Hiroyuki
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Series:Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
Subjects:
Generative grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Grammaire générative.
Grammaire comparée et générale.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Generative grammar
Grammar, Comparative and general
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Active/Inverse Voice Alternation; 3. Anti-Impersonal Passives; 4. Dative Subject Constructions; 5. Locative Inversion; 6. Ergativity and Its Typological Variation; 7. Double Object Constructions; 8. Object Shift in Japanese; 9. Conclusion and Further Issues; References; Index.

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