Particles And Projections In Irish Syntax

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Particles and Projections in Irish Syntax

Author : N. Duffield
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401101558
Total Pages : 385 pages
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Book Synopsis Particles and Projections in Irish Syntax by : N. Duffield

Download or read book Particles and Projections in Irish Syntax written by N. Duffield and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 5: Irish Noun Phrases ... . . 266 5. 0 Introduction 266 5. 0. 1 Irish Nominal Paradigms. ... 269 5. 0. 2 Prepositional Phrases: Two Types of Mutation Context ... ... 273 5. 1 Construct State Nominals and DP Projections. ... 282 5. 1. 1 Rightward Specifiers 286 5. 1. 2 Adjective Placement. ... 288 5. 1. 3 Possessive Particles 305 5. 1. 4 Demonstrative Licensing and Interpretation. ... 311 5. 1. 5 Head-movement and ICM Effects 315 5. 2 Summary 322 Appendix ... ... 323 References 342 Index of Names and Subjects 359 PREFACE This bookis based on my 1991 USCdissertation. Since thattime, there have been two major theoretical developments that bear directly on the analysesoriginallydevelopedin the dissertation. These aretheinceptionof the 'Minimalist Program' of Chomsky (1992, 1993), and the recent 'Antisymmetry' proposals presented in Kayne (1993). Taken in conjunction with the many criticisms and suggestions ofreviewers, these proposals have prompted significant revisions ofthe earlier work:. Every chapter has been substantially revised, the introductory chapter has been replaced, and Chapters 2, 3 and 5 offer completely new analyses of the originalmaterial. The book comprises a set of theoretical studies of aspects of Modern Irish syntax. I have tried to present a coherent and consistent treatmentof the Irishfacts; abookin which the particularsofIrish syntax- which are in many cases quiteeccentric from an Englishperspective- are shown to inform more general theoreticalissues. I also hope to have offered to the non-Celticist a reasonably complete overview of the major syntactic structures ofIrish, with some indication and analysisofthe more importantdialectdifferences.

Clitics in Phonology, Morphology and Syntax

Author : Birgit Gerlach
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027227577
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (275 download)

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Book Synopsis Clitics in Phonology, Morphology and Syntax by : Birgit Gerlach

Download or read book Clitics in Phonology, Morphology and Syntax written by Birgit Gerlach and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains fourteen articles that reflect current ideas on the phonology, morphology, and syntax of clitics. It covers the forms and functions of clitics in various typologically diverse languages and presents data from, e.g. European Portuguese, Macedonian, and Yoruba. It extensively deals with the prosodic structure of clitics, their morphological status, clitic placement, and clitic doubling. The form and behavior of clitics with respect to tonal phenomena and in verse are discussed in two articles (Akinlabi & Liberman, Reindl & Franks). Other articles address the prosodic representation of clitics in Irish (Green), the differences in the acquisition of clitics and strong pronouns in Catalan (Escobar & Gavarro), the similarities between clitics and affixes or words in Romance and Bantu languages (Cocchi, Crysmann, Monachesi, Ortman & Popescu), the semantics of clitics in the Greek DP and in Spanish doubling (Alexiadou & Stavrou, Uriagereka), and complex problems concerning verbal clitics in Romanian and Balkan languages (Legendre, Spencer, Tomic).

The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages

Author : Andrew Carnie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198030290
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages written by Andrew Carnie and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-29 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains twelve chapters on the derivation of and the correlates to verb initial word order. The studies in this volume cover such widely divergent languages as Irish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, Old Irish, Biblical Hebrew, Jakaltek, Mam, Lummi (Straits Salish), Niuean, Malagasy, Palauan, K'echi', and Zapotec, from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives, including Minimalism, information structure, and sentence processing. The first book to take a cross-linguistic comparative approach to verb initial syntax, this volume provides new data to some old problems and debates and explores some innovative approaches to the derivation of verb initial order.

The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages

Author : Andrew Carnie Assistant Professor of Linguistics University of Arizona
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195344014
Total Pages : 270 pages
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Download or read book The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages written by Andrew Carnie Assistant Professor of Linguistics University of Arizona and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000-05-31 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains twelve chapters on the derivation of and the correlates to verb initial word order. The studies in this volume cover such widely divergent languages as Irish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, Old Irish, Biblical Hebrew, Jakaltek, Mam, Lummi (Straits Salish), Niuean, Malagasy, Palauan, K'echi', and Zapotec, from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives, including Minimalism, information structure, and sentence processing. The first book to take a cross-linguistic comparative approach to verb initial syntax, this volume provides new data to some old problems and debates and explores some innovative approaches to the derivation of verb initial order.

Linguistics of Vietnamese

Author : Daniel Hole
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110289415
Total Pages : 316 pages
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Download or read book Linguistics of Vietnamese written by Daniel Hole and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present collection of articles grew out of a workshop on Vietnamese linguistics in 2009 at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. To our knowledge, no workshop with a comparable scope has been held outside of Vietnam for the past 20 years, or even longer. Given the important typological status of Vietnamese as a paradigm case of an isolating language, the volume covers the most relevant fields in linguistics: syntax, semantics, phonology, and the lexicon. A guiding principle in assembling the chapters for this volume has been to take an inclusive stance as far as the commitment to different frameworks and research methodologies is concerned. All the contributors are proponents of recent developments in their individual areas of specialization. The editors have taken special care to cater for a readership which should be as broad as possible. This means that each contribution is self-contained and does not presuppose any knowledge of Vietnamese. The volume is recommended to general linguistis, comparative linguists, typologists and to researchers specializing in languages of East and South East Asia.

Dimensions of Movement

Author : Artemis Alexiadou
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027297576
Total Pages : 351 pages
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Download or read book Dimensions of Movement written by Artemis Alexiadou and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2002-08-08 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a collection of papers of recent generative research into the properties of phrasal and feature movement, which explore these key syntactic phenomena from different angles and across languages. The papers advance or build on models of movement which capitalize either on generalized feature movement or on generalized remnant movement. Both these approaches attempt to develop a restrictive theory of movement aiming at a simplification of the operations of the computational system. Despite the fact that they are so different technically, generalized feature movement and generalized remnant movement both push the theory of movement to the same direction in two important respects: (a) Elimination of head movement. (b) Elimination of covert movement. The book is of primary interest to researchers and students in theoretical linguistics and syntactic theory.

A Syntax of Substance

Author : David Adger
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262518309
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book A Syntax of Substance written by David Adger and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new approach to grammar and meaning of relational nouns is presented along with its empirical consequences.

The Grammar of Irish English

Author : Markku Filppula
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134759959
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book The Grammar of Irish English written by Markku Filppula and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish English, also termed 'Anglo-Irish' or 'Hiberno-English', as in this book, is not usually perceived as having a grammatical system of its own. Markku Filppula here challenges this misconception and offers a descriptive and contact-linguistic account of the grammar of Hiberno-English. Drawing on a wide range of authentic materials documenting Hiberno-English dialects past and present Filppula examines: * the most distinctive grammatical features of these dialects * relationships with earlier and other regional varieties of English * the continuing influence of the Irish language on Hiberno-English * similarities between Hiberno-English and other Celtic-influenced varieties of English spoken in Scotland and Wales The Grammar of Irish English is a comprehensive empirical study which will be an essential reference for scholars of Hiberno-English and of value to all those working in the field of Germanic linguistics.

Elements of Comparative Syntax

Author : Enoch Aboh
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501504037
Total Pages : 541 pages
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Download or read book Elements of Comparative Syntax written by Enoch Aboh and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a selection of articles illustrating the multifaceted nature of current research in generative syntax. The authors, including some of the leading figures in the field, present analyses of typologically diverse languages, with some studies drawing on dialectal, acquisitional and diachronic evidence. Set against this rich empirical background, the contributions address an equally wide range of theoretical issues.

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax

Author : Guglielmo Cinque
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195136519
Total Pages : 990 pages
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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax written by Guglielmo Cinque and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Comparison across formal languages is an essential part of formal linguistics. The study of closely-related varieties has proven extremely useful in illuminating relations between cross-linguistic syntactic differences that might otherwise appear unrelated, and has helped to identify the core principles of Universal Grammar. Comparative studies have grown to the point where a reference work is needed to comprehensively explain the state of the field and makes its results more widely known, and this handbook fulfills that need. Its twenty-one commissioned chapters serve two functions: they provide a general and theoretical introduction to comparative syntax, its methodology, and its relation to other domains on linguistic inquiry; and they also provide a systematic selection of the best comparative work being done today on those language groups and families where substantial progress has been achieved. With top-notch editors and contributors from around the world, this volume will be an essential resource for scholars and students in formal linguistics."--

Flexible Syntax

Author : A. Neeleman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401142890
Total Pages : 261 pages
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Download or read book Flexible Syntax written by A. Neeleman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most linguistic theories assume that each grammatical relation is established in a unique structural configuration. Neeleman and Weerman take issue with this view, arguing for a more flexible approach on the basis of conceptual considerations and data taken mostly, but not exclusively, from the Germanic languages. In-depth analyses of word order phenomena as well as diachronic and typological generalizations motivate a re-evaluation of the role of case in the projection of arguments. Case is shown to provide a syntactic foothold for thematic interpretation, something which is necessary in a grammar that does not allow fixed theta-positions. Thus, this study does not only offer a genuine alternative to many standard assumptions, it also explains why there should be such a thing as case in natural language.

Studies in Greek Syntax

Author : A. Alexiadou
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401591776
Total Pages : 284 pages
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Book Synopsis Studies in Greek Syntax by : A. Alexiadou

Download or read book Studies in Greek Syntax written by A. Alexiadou and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains thirteen studies on various aspects of Greek syntax, as well as a general introduction by the editors. In recent years, the study of Greek has become important for the development of generative theory. The various contributions to this volume demonstrate clearly how much the field of Greek syntax has grown both in range and depth. The topics investigated include the phrase structure of clauses and nominal phrases, clitics in standard Greek and in dialects, the licensing of negative polarity items, the nature of sentential operators, control, argument structure and compounds. The studies highlight the importance of Greek for the development of a satisfactory theory of comparative syntax.

Themes in Arabic and Hebrew Syntax

Author : J. Ouhalla
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402005377
Total Pages : 342 pages
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Download or read book Themes in Arabic and Hebrew Syntax written by J. Ouhalla and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-04-30 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection spans diverse themes in the syntax of Arabic, Modern Arabic dialects and Hebrew. The original contributors are written by specialists with an eye to both broad theoretical and conceptual issues as well as empirical detail. The editors' introduction sets in Generative Grammar. Among the topics discussed in this collection are VSO and SVO, cliticization and agreement, questions and the syntax of wh-movement, cognate objects, adjectival Construct State , Though construction, Gapping, causatives, the syntax of negation and the semantics of the Nominal sentence. It is the only collection of its kind targeting theoretical linguists and specialists in Semitic language alike.

Studies in Comparative Germanic Syntax

Author : Höskuldur Thräinsson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402002946
Total Pages : 356 pages
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Book Synopsis Studies in Comparative Germanic Syntax by : Höskuldur Thräinsson

Download or read book Studies in Comparative Germanic Syntax written by Höskuldur Thräinsson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O. THE CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME AND THE FIELD OF COMPARATIVE GERMANIC SYNTAX Comparati ve synchronic and diachronic syntax has become an increasingly popular and fruitful research area over the past 10-15 years. A central reason for this is that recent developments in linguistic theory have made it possible to formulate explicit and testable hypotheses concerning syntactic universals and cross-linguistic varia- tion. Here we refer to the so-called "Principles-and-Parameters" approaches (see Chomsky 1981a, 1982, 1986a, and also Williams 1987, Freidin 1991, Chomsky and Lasnik 1993, and references cited in these works). It may even be fair to say that the Government-Binding framework (first outlined by Chomsky 1981b)-a spe- cific instantiation of the Principles-and-Parameters approach-has been more influential than any other theoretical syntactic framework. Since 1984, syntacticians investigating the formal properties of Germanic languages have, as an international effort, organized "workshops" on comparative Germanic syntax. The first was held at the University of Trondheim in Trondheim, Norway (1984), the second at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, Iceland (1985), the third at the University of Abo in Abo, Finland (1986), the fourth at McGill University, Montreal, Canada (1987), the fifth in Groningen, The Nether- lands (1988), the sixth in Lund, Sweden (1989), the seventh in Stuttgart, Germany (1991), the eighth in Troms, Norway (1992), the ninth at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA (1994), the tenth at the Catholic University in Brussels, Belgium (1995), and the eleventh at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA (1995).

The Syntax-Phonology Interface in Focus and Topic Constructions in Italian

Author : M. Frascarelli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780792362401
Total Pages : 248 pages
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Download or read book The Syntax-Phonology Interface in Focus and Topic Constructions in Italian written by M. Frascarelli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-04-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Though centered on Italian, cross-linguistic analysis is extensively provided: data from languages as diverse as English, Hungarian, Modern Greek, Hausa, Chichewa, Serbo-Croatian and Somali are used to show that despite surface variations, the interface interpretation of Focus and Topic lies in the interaction between base-generated extraposition and feature-checking." "This book targets scholars and researchers in linguistics who are interested in syntactic and/or phonological analysis of discourse-related categories within the Minimalist approach."--BOOK JACKET.

Principles and Parameters in a VSO Language

Author : Ian G. Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195347080
Total Pages : 216 pages
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Download or read book Principles and Parameters in a VSO Language written by Ian G. Roberts and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length study of Welsh syntax in English using minimalist theory. The central empirical issue addressed is an analysis of word order and clause structure in Welsh, within the context of the Principles and Parameters theory and Welsh as a VSO language. Roberts's central question: Which values of which parameters of Universal Grammar determine VSO order? To answer it, he makes use of parameters whose values are rooted in considerations of typology and language acquisition. Along the way, he shows that Chomsky's recent conception of the Extended Projection Principle is highly relevant, although it requires a slightly more abstract formulation. Roberts's careful use of parameters, his unique cross-linguistic coverage between Welsh and Romance languages, and his reformulation of the Extended Projection Principle make this book of interest to linguists concerned with generative theory and comparative syntax.

Balkan Sprachbund Morpho-Syntactic Features

Author : Olga M. Tomic
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402044887
Total Pages : 750 pages
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Download or read book Balkan Sprachbund Morpho-Syntactic Features written by Olga M. Tomic and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-09-13 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the morpho-syntactic Balkan Sprachbund features in nine languages in which they are most numerous. It contains a wealth of Balkan linguistic material. The focus is on displaying similarities and differences in the representation of the most widely acknowledged Balkan Sprachbund morpho-syntactic features and their interaction with other features in the structure of the DP or the sentence of individual languages.