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The Complementizer Phase

Author : E. Phoevos Panagiotidis
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191616257
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Book Synopsis The Complementizer Phase by : E. Phoevos Panagiotidis

Download or read book The Complementizer Phase written by E. Phoevos Panagiotidis and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-08-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws together nine original investigations by leading linguists and promising young scholars on the syntax of complementizers (eg that in She said that she would) and their phrases. The chapters are divided into two parts, each of which highlights aspects of the behaviour and function of complementisers. The first part looks at how and when subjects, or parts of subjects, can and cannot move outside their canonical position in a sentence. Each chapter examines and compares the relevance of a number of syntactic factors in languages such as English, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Brazilian Portuguese and Bavarian. In the second part, the focus turns to the nature and function of complementisers themselves, with discussions drawing on evidence from Italian, Italian dialects, Hebrew, and Dutch. "This important compilation advances our knowledge of the intricate phenomena that take place on the edges of clauses. Every one of the contributions is thought-provoking and challenging, a property that would make the volume an ideal text for a graduate seminar in syntactic theory." Frederick J. Newmeyer Professor Emeritus, University of Washington and Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University

The Complementizer Phase

Author : Phoevos Panagiotidis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199584354
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Complementizer Phase written by Phoevos Panagiotidis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text addresses the role complementisers and their phrases play in the phase-based approach to the mental computation of language. Leading linguists and promising young scholars draw on analyses of a wide range of languages to consider how complementisers behave in subject extraction phenomena.

The Complementizer Phase

Author : Ernest Duffy
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781548998684
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (986 download)

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Download or read book The Complementizer Phase written by Ernest Duffy and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for something great to read? Browse our editors' picks for the best books of the year so far in fiction, nonfiction, mysteries, children's books, and much more.

The Complementizer Phase

Author : Phoevos Panagiotidis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780191594526
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (945 download)

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Download or read book The Complementizer Phase written by Phoevos Panagiotidis and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text addresses the role complementisers and their phrases play in the phase-based approach to the mental computation of language. Leading linguists and promising young scholars draw on analyses of a wide range of languages to consider how complementisers behave in subject extraction phenomena

Phase Theory

Author : Barbara Citko
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139916726
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Phase Theory written by Barbara Citko and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phase Theory is the latest empirical and conceptual innovation in syntactic theory within the Chomskyan generative tradition. Adopting a cross-linguistic perspective, this book provides an introduction to Phase Theory, tracing the development of phases in minimalist syntax. It reviews both empirical and theoretical arguments in favor of phases, and examines the role phases play at the interface with semantics and phonology. Analyzing current phasehood diagnostics, it applies them in a systematic fashion to a broad range of syntactic categories, both phases and non-phases. It concludes with a discussion of some of the more contentious issues in Phase Theory, involving cross-linguistic variation with respect to phasehood and the dynamic versus static nature of phases.

Phases

Author : Klaus Abels
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110284227
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Phases written by Klaus Abels and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The minimalist notion of a phase has often been investigated with a view to the interfaces. ‘Phases’ provides a strictly syntax-internal perspective. If phases are fundamental, they should provide the grounds for a unifying treatment of different syntactic phenomena. Concentrating on displacement, the book argues that this expectation is borne out: there is an empirical clustering of properties, whereby the phrases that undergo pied-piping are also the phrases that host intermediate traces of cyclic movement. The same phrases also host partial and secondary movement. Finally, the immediate complements within these phrases never strand the embedding heads. The phrases that show this behaviour are the phases (CP, vP, DP, and PP). To account for the cluster of properties, phases are claimed to have two special properties: their complement is inaccessible to operations outside, the Phase Impenetrability Condition; their heads may be endowed with unvalued features that are neither connected to the categorical status of the phase nor interpreted on it. It is shown how the cluster of empirical properties flows naturally from these two assumptions, supporting the idea that phases are indeed a fundamental construct in syntax.

Functional Structure from Top to Toe

Author : Peter Svenonius
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199740399
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Functional Structure from Top to Toe written by Peter Svenonius and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readership: Scholars and graduate students of syntax and semantics

Recent Developments in Phase Theory

Author : Jeroen van Craenenbroeck
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501510134
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Recent Developments in Phase Theory by : Jeroen van Craenenbroeck

Download or read book Recent Developments in Phase Theory written by Jeroen van Craenenbroeck and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The overarching goal of this volume is to explore a number of recent developments in Phase Theory (both theoretical and empirical), thus contributing to our overall understanding of the concept of phases. The volume is divided into three parts, of which the first focuses on the traditional role played by phases in defining successive cyclicity, while at the same time examining the interaction between that traditional role and Chomsky (2013)’s proposal about labeling. The second part focuses on the question of whether only the highest projection of the clausal and nominal domain, CP and DP, are phases or whether those domains also contain an internal phase: vP and NP/NumP/QP, while the third part contains two chapters that focus on the extent to which ellipsis can be used as a reliable diagnostic for phasehood. As a whole, the volume provides a detailed and in-depth view on a number of recent developments in Phase Theory, which will likely continue to dominate the debate for several years to come.

Arabic L2 Interlanguage

Author : Ghassan Husseinali
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317359488
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Arabic L2 Interlanguage written by Ghassan Husseinali and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arabic L2 Interlanguage is a significant and timely addition to the field of Second Language Acquisition, providing valuable insight into the development of ‘interlanguage’, the interim language of early beginners, in learners of Arabic. This book: Clearly establishes what interlanguage is and why it should form an important part of foreign language teaching Presents the reader with a sequence in which six English-speaking learners of Arabic acquire the language Makes use of the rich morphological and syntactic property of Arabic to offer a new perspective on the field of Second Language Acquisition. Arabic L2 Interlanguage contributes directly towards building a more comprehensive theoretical framework for explaining how L2s are acquired. It will be key text for SLA scholars as well as an important resource for graduate students in Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching.

Semantics with Assignment Variables

Author : Alex Silk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108836011
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Semantics with Assignment Variables written by Alex Silk and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pioneers an innovative framework for theorizing about meaning in natural language and the role of context in interpretation.

Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2017

Author : Alexandru Nicolae
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027258422
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2017 by : Alexandru Nicolae

Download or read book Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2017 written by Alexandru Nicolae and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a selection of 18 peer-reviewed papers presented at the 31st edition of Going Romance. Phenomena found in Romance languages (European Portuguese, French, Italian, Spanish, Romanian), in Romance dialects (Cosentino, Salentino, southern Calabrese, Neapolitan, and Trevigiano), and even in creoles with a Romance lexifier (Makista and Kristang) either benefit from in-depth analyses confined to one single variety, or are subjected to comparative analysis (dialect vs standard language, dialect vs different major language(s), cross-dialectal comparison, cross-Romance comparison, and even comparison of language families). Theoretical and experimental approaches complement one another, as do diachrony and synchrony. Individually and as a whole, these contributions show how the Romance languages contribute to a better understanding of issues which are relevant in the current linguistic landscape: acquisition, n-words, ellipsis phenomena, focus and polarity, ditransitive constructions, grammaticalization theory, differential object marking, language ecology, event structure, cyclicity, passives and many more.

Rethinking Verb Second

Author : Rebecca Woods
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192582577
Total Pages : 928 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Verb Second written by Rebecca Woods and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the most exhaustive and comprehensive treatment available of the Verb Second property, which has been a central topic in formal syntax for decades. While Verb Second has traditionally been considered a feature primarily of the Germanic languages, this book shows that it is much more widely attested cross-linguistically than previously thought, and explores the multiple empirical, theoretical, and experimental puzzles that remain in developing an account of the phenomenon. Uniquely, formal theoretical work appears alongside studies of psycholinguistics, language production, and language acquisition. The range of languages investigated is also broader than in previous work: while novel issues are explored through the lens of the more familiar Germanic data, chapters also cover Verb Second effects in languages such as Armenian, Dinka, Tohono O'odham, and in the Celtic, Romance, and Slavonic families. The analyses have wide-ranging consequences for our understanding of the language faculty, and will be of interest to researchers and students from advanced undergraduate level upwards in the fields of syntax, historical linguistics, and language acquisition.

The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky

Author : James McGilvray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316738752
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky written by James McGilvray and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This completely new edition of The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky surveys Chomsky's contributions to the science of language, to socioeconomic-political analysis and criticism, and to the study of the human mind. The first section focuses on the aims of Chomsky's recent 'biological-minimalist' turn in the science of language, and shows how Chomsky's view of the nature of language and its introduction to the human species has recently developed. The second section focuses on Chomsky's view of the mind and its parts - and how to study them. Finally, the third section examines some of Chomsky's many contributions to socio-political history and critique. This new edition examines Chomsky's views on a wide range of issues, from his views of the lexicon, language's evolution, and the study of mind to the status of capitalism and the Palestine-Israel conflict. It will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in Chomsky's ideas.

Wh-exclamatives, Imperatives and Wh-questions

Author : Simone Guesser
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111183173
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Wh-exclamatives, Imperatives and Wh-questions written by Simone Guesser and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on left periphery phenomena has increased in the last 20 years, resulting in consistent studies from a wide range of languages and a fruitful debate on the functional projections within the CP system. Throughout these years, important contributions have been made on Brazilian Portuguese, especially on wh-interrogative sentences, focalization, topicalization and relative clauses. As for exclamative and imperative sentences, however, there is a considerable research gap in all grammatical levels. Regarding interrogatives, semantic and prosodic studies are still lacking (as well as research on the acquisition and processing of these constructions). This collected volume fills some of those gaps, gathering studies on wh-exclamatives, imperatives and wh-questions in Brazilian Portuguese which approach syntactical, semantical and prosodic aspects of these constructions through a rich and unregistered set of data. They also deliver novel acquisition and diachronic data that will further both the comprehension of Brazilian Portuguese grammar and the ongoing discussions on left periphery phenomena.

How tolerant is universal grammar?

Author : Rosemarie Tracy
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3111634779
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book How tolerant is universal grammar? written by Rosemarie Tracy and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past few decades, the book series Linguistische Arbeiten [Linguistic Studies], comprising over 500 volumes, has made a significant contribution to the development of linguistic theory both in Germany and internationally. The series will continue to deliver new impulses for research and maintain the central insight of linguistics that progress can only be made in acquiring new knowledge about human languages both synchronically and diachronically by closely combining empirical and theoretical analyses. To this end, we invite submission of high-quality linguistic studies from all the central areas of general linguistics and the linguistics of individual languages which address topical questions, discuss new data and advance the development of linguistic theory.

Philosophy of Language and Linguistics

Author : Piotr Stalmaszczyk
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110373408
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Language and Linguistics written by Piotr Stalmaszczyk and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume investigates the legacy of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein in contemporary philosophy of language and linguistics. These philosophers inspired both the development of analytic philosophy and various philosophical approaches to the study of language. They have influenced technical discussions on truth, proper names, definite descriptions, propositions and predication, sense and reference, truth, and philosophical and linguistic inquiries into the relations between language, mind and the world. The studies gathered in this volume discuss most of these issues and aim to show that the results of this research are still of utmost importance, and that the three philosophers have significantly contributed to the linguistic turn in philosophy and the philosophical turn in the study of language. The volume includes contributions by: Joachim Adler (Zurich), Maria Cerezo (Murcia), Pawel Grabarczyk (Lodz), Arkadiusz Gutt (Lublin), Tom Hughes (Durham), Gabriele Mras (Vienna), Carl Humphries (Cracow), Gary Kemp (Glasgow), Siu-Fan Lee (Hong Kong), Jaroslav Peregrin (Prague), Ulrich Reichard (Durham), Piotr Stalmaszczyk (Lodz), Piotr Szalek (Lublin), Mieszko Talasiewicz (Warsaw).

Explorations of Phase Theory: Interpretation at the Interfaces

Author : Kleanthes K. Grohmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110213958
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Explorations of Phase Theory: Interpretation at the Interfaces written by Kleanthes K. Grohmann and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2009-02-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, many issues leading towards refining the model have been identified for a theory of syntax under minimalist assumptions. One of the central questions within the current theoretical model, Phase Theory, is architectural in nature: Assuming a minimal structure of the grammar, how does the computational system manipulate the grammar to construct a well-formed derivation that takes items from the mental lexicon to the interpretive interfaces? This collection addresses this issue by exploring the design of the grammar and the tools of the theory in order to shed light on the nature of the interpretive interfaces, Logical Form and Phonetic Form, and their role in the syntactic computation. The chapters in this volume collectively contribute to a better understanding of the mapping from syntax to PF on the one hand, especially issues concerning prosody and Spell-Out, and semantic interpretation at LF on the other, including interpretive and architectural issues of more conceptual nature. Apart from careful case studies and specific data analysis for a number of languages, the material contained here also has repercussions for Phase Theory in general, theoretical underpinnings as well as modifications of syntactic mechanisms.