Ways Of Structure Building (oxford Studies In Theoretical Linguistics)
by Myriam Uribe-Etxebarria /
2012 / English / PDF
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This volume addresses some of the most important approaches to the
following key questions in contemporary generative syntactic
theory: What are the operations available for (syntactic)
structure-building in natural languages? What are the triggers
behind them? and Which constraints are involved in the operations?
Internationally recognised scholars and young researchers propose
new answers on the basis of detailed discussions of a wide range of
phenomena (Gapping, Right-Node-Raising, Comparative Deletion,
Across-The-Board movement, Tough-constructions, Nominalizations,
Scope interactions, Wh-movement, A-movement, Case and Agreement
relations, among others). Their discussions draw on evidence from a
rich variety of languages, including Brazilian Portuguese,
Bulgarian, Croatian, English, German, Icelandic, Japanese, Spanish,
Vata, and Vietnamese.
This volume addresses some of the most important approaches to the
following key questions in contemporary generative syntactic
theory: What are the operations available for (syntactic)
structure-building in natural languages? What are the triggers
behind them? and Which constraints are involved in the operations?
Internationally recognised scholars and young researchers propose
new answers on the basis of detailed discussions of a wide range of
phenomena (Gapping, Right-Node-Raising, Comparative Deletion,
Across-The-Board movement, Tough-constructions, Nominalizations,
Scope interactions, Wh-movement, A-movement, Case and Agreement
relations, among others). Their discussions draw on evidence from a
rich variety of languages, including Brazilian Portuguese,
Bulgarian, Croatian, English, German, Icelandic, Japanese, Spanish,
Vata, and Vietnamese.
The proposals presented illustrate the shift in the locus of the
explanation of linguistic phenomena that characterizes contemporary
linguistic theory: a shift, in many cases, from a model which
relies on properties of systems external to narrow syntax (such as
the Lexicon or the Phonetic Form component) to one which relies on
properties of the structure-building mechanisms themselves. The
volume will interest researchers and students of theoretical
linguistics from advanced undergraduate and above.
The proposals presented illustrate the shift in the locus of the
explanation of linguistic phenomena that characterizes contemporary
linguistic theory: a shift, in many cases, from a model which
relies on properties of systems external to narrow syntax (such as
the Lexicon or the Phonetic Form component) to one which relies on
properties of the structure-building mechanisms themselves. The
volume will interest researchers and students of theoretical
linguistics from advanced undergraduate and above.