Symmetry breaking in syntax and the lexicon /
This book is a research monograph that explores the implications of the strongest minimalist thesis from an antisymmetric perspective. Three empirical domains are investigated: nominal root compounds in German and English, nominal gerunds in English and their German counterparts, and small clauses i...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2014.
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Colección: | Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today ;
v. 216. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book is a research monograph that explores the implications of the strongest minimalist thesis from an antisymmetric perspective. Three empirical domains are investigated: nominal root compounds in German and English, nominal gerunds in English and their German counterparts, and small clauses in Russian and English. A point of symmetry that has the potential of stalling the derivation emerges in the derivation of all of these constructions. Building on certain assumptions on how Merge works, this book shows that the points of symmetry can all be resolved in the same way; despite the fact. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789027270122 9027270120 1306893437 9781306893435 |
ISSN: | 0166-0829 ; |