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The Free Word Order Phenomenon

Author : Joachim Sabel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 311019726X
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis The Free Word Order Phenomenon by : Joachim Sabel

Download or read book The Free Word Order Phenomenon written by Joachim Sabel and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-08-22 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the syntax of the free word order phenomenon (scrambling) in a wide range of languages - in particular, German, Japanese, Kannada, Malayalam, Serbo-Croatian, Tagalog, Tongan, and Turkish - in some of which the phenomenon was previously unstudied. In the past, the syntax of free word order phenomena has been studied intensively with respect to its A- and A'-movement properties and in connection with its semantic (undoing) effects. The different articles in this volume offer new ways of analyzing free word order under (i) minimalist assumptions, (ii) concerning the typology of scrambling languages, (iii) with respect to the question of how it is acquired by children, (iv) in connection with its relatedness to information structural factors, and (v) with respect to its consequences for a highly elaborated sentence structure of the IP/VP domain. The articles that focus mainly on the emprical aspects of free word order phenomena deal with the properties and proper analysis of rightwards scrambling in Turkish, with the A-/A'-nature and triggers for VSO-VOS alternations in Tongan, as well as with left-branch extractions and NP-Split in Slavic and its consequences for a typology of scrambling languages. The articles that focus on theoretical aspects of scrambling deal with questions concerning the motivatation of a derivation with scrambling in a free word order language, such as whether scrambling has to be analyzed as topicalization or focus movement. Or assuming that scrambling is feature-driven, how the technical details of this analysis are implemented in the grammar to avoid unwarranted derivations, for example, derivations with string-vacuous scrambling. A further important question that is addressed is when scrambling is acquired in the development of the grammar, and what the consequences are for the timing of the acquisition of A- and A'-movement properties. This volume will be most relevant to researchers and advanced students interested in generative syntax, as well as typologists working on German, Japanese, Slavic, Turkish, Dravidian and Austronesian languages. We regret that due to a layout error the title of Miyagawa's article on "EPP and semantically vacuous scrambling" is misrepresented in the printed version of the book. You can download the article with the corrected title here.

Studies on Scrambling

Author : Norbert Corver
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110857219
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Studies on Scrambling written by Norbert Corver and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon.

Word Order in Turkish

Author : A. Sumru Özsoy
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 303011385X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Book Synopsis Word Order in Turkish by : A. Sumru Özsoy

Download or read book Word Order in Turkish written by A. Sumru Özsoy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of studies on various aspects of word order variation in Turkish. As a head-final, left-branching ‘free’ word order language, Turkish raises a number of significant theory-internal as well as language-particular questions regarding linearization in language. Each of the contributions in the present volume offers a fresh insight into a number of these questions, thus, while expanding our knowledge of the language-particular properties of the word order phenomena, also contribute individually to the theory of linearization in general. Turkish is a configurational language. It licenses constructions in which constituents can occur in non-canonical presubject as well as postverbal positions. Presented within the assumptions of the generative tradition, the discussion and analyses of the various aspects of the linearization facts of the language offer a novel treatment of the issues therein. The authors approach the word order phenomena from a variety of perspectives, ranging from purely syntactic treatments, to accounts as syntax-PF interface or syntax-discourse interface phenomena or as output of base generation.

Principles and Parameters of Syntactic Saturation

Author : Gert Webelhuth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195361385
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Book Synopsis Principles and Parameters of Syntactic Saturation by : Gert Webelhuth

Download or read book Principles and Parameters of Syntactic Saturation written by Gert Webelhuth and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work represents the first full-scale attempt to provide a restrictive theory of parameters--the nature and limits of syntactic variation. Focusing on syntactic saturation, Webelhuth hypothesizes that in natural language these phenomena are subject to the "Saturation Condition." He explains the principles behind this condition and demonstrates how it imposes strong constraints on what counts as a possible parameter in natural language. Webelhuth goes on to test this theory against empirical evidence from seven modern Germanic languages: German, Dutch, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Icelandic.

Main Clause Phenomena

Author : Lobke Aelbrecht
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027273650
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Main Clause Phenomena by : Lobke Aelbrecht

Download or read book Main Clause Phenomena written by Lobke Aelbrecht and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-27 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Main Clause Phenomena: New Horizons takes the study of Main Clause Phenomena (MCP) into the 21st century, without neglecting the origins of the topic. It brings together work by both established and up-and-coming scholars, who present analyses for a wide range of MCP, from a variety of languages, with a particular focus on particles and agreement markers, complementizers and verb second, and the licensing of MCP in different types of clauses. Besides enriching the empirical domain, this volume also engages with the theoretical question of how best to capture the distribution of MCP and, in particular, to what extent they are embeddable and why. The diverse patterns and analyses presented challenge the idea that MCP constitute a homogeneous class. Main Clause Phenomena: New Horizons is of interest not just to scholars specializing in the study of MCP, but to all linguists interested in the syntax and/or semantics of the clause.

Word Order and Scrambling

Author : Simin Karimi
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 0470758252
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Word Order and Scrambling written by Simin Karimi and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word Order and Scrambling introduces readers to recent research into the linguistic phenomenon called scrambling and is a valuable contribution to the fields of theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and applied linguistics. Introduces readers to recent research into the linguistic phenomenon called scrambling, or free word order. Explores major issues including factors responsible for word order variations, how scrambled constructions are processed, and whether variations are available in early child language development and in second language acquisition. Discusses a number of typologically diverse languages including Hindi, Japanese, and Navajo. Provides enlightening information on different aspects of word order variation and the consequences for our understanding of the nature of human language.

Word Order Change

Author : Ana Maria Martins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198747306
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Book Synopsis Word Order Change by : Ana Maria Martins

Download or read book Word Order Change written by Ana Maria Martins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores word order change within the framework of diachronic generative syntax and offers new insights into word order, syntactic movement, and related phenomena. It draws on data from a wide range of languages including Sanskrit, Tocharian, Portuguese, Irish, Hungarian and Coptic Egyptian.

The Routledge Handbook of Syntax

Author : Andrew Carnie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317751035
Total Pages : 937 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Syntax by : Andrew Carnie

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Syntax written by Andrew Carnie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 937 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of syntax over the last half century has seen a remarkable expansion of the boundaries of human knowledge about the structure of natural language. The Routledge Handbook of Syntax presents a comprehensive survey of the major theoretical and empirical advances in the dynamically evolving field of syntax from a variety of perspectives, both within the dominant generative paradigm and between syntacticians working within generative grammar and those working in functionalist and related approaches. The handbook covers key issues within the field that include: • core areas of syntactic empirical investigation, • contemporary approaches to syntactic theory, • interfaces of syntax with other components of the human language system, • experimental and computational approaches to syntax. Bringing together renowned linguistic scientists and cutting-edge scholars from across the discipline and providing a balanced yet comprehensive overview of the field, the Routledge Handbook of Syntax is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students working in syntactic theory.

Theoretical Perspectives on Word Order in South Asian Languages

Author : Miriam Butt
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language (CSLI)
ISBN 13 : 9781881526490
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (264 download)

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Book Synopsis Theoretical Perspectives on Word Order in South Asian Languages by : Miriam Butt

Download or read book Theoretical Perspectives on Word Order in South Asian Languages written by Miriam Butt and published by Center for the Study of Language (CSLI). This book was released on 1994 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of papers on word order variation in the languages of South Asia.

Latin Embedded Clauses

Author : Lieven Danckaert
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027274886
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Latin Embedded Clauses by : Lieven Danckaert

Download or read book Latin Embedded Clauses written by Lieven Danckaert and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-18 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph is one of the first studies that approaches Latin syntax from a formal perspective, combining detailed corpus-based description with formal theoretical analysis. The empirical focus is word order in embedded clauses, with special attention to clauses in which one or more constituents surface to the left of a subordinating conjunction. It is proposed that two such types of left peripheral fronting should be distinguished. The proposed analyses shed light not only on the clausal left periphery, but also on the overall structure of the Latin clause. The study is couched in the framework of generative grammar, but since a thorough introduction is provided, no special background in formal syntax is required. Major topics touched upon are word order, information structure, locality, and the syntax of pied-piping. The book covers both synchronic and diachronic topics of Latin syntax, and is of interest for classical philologists, historical linguists, and formal syntacticians.

The Lexical/Functional Divide in Aphasic Production – Poorly Studied Aphasic Syndromes and Theoretical Morpho-Syntax

Author : Ludovico Franco
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443861650
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Book Synopsis The Lexical/Functional Divide in Aphasic Production – Poorly Studied Aphasic Syndromes and Theoretical Morpho-Syntax by : Ludovico Franco

Download or read book The Lexical/Functional Divide in Aphasic Production – Poorly Studied Aphasic Syndromes and Theoretical Morpho-Syntax written by Ludovico Franco and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph is structured as a collection of clinical case studies all addressing the relationship between lexicon and morphosyntax. It shows that various less-studied aphasic syndromes – including Logopenic Primary Progressive Aphasia, Mixed Trascortical Aphasia, and Crossed Aphasia – and not only ‘classic’ Broca’s Aphasia can enhance findings worthy of consideration in contemporary theoretical debates on the status of traditional categories, and particularly on the lexical/functional divide in grammar. The rationale of this study is precisely to build a bridge between experimental evidence from clinical linguistics and theoretical arguments from morpho-syntactic analysis. Furthermore, this book addresses the recent resurgence of interest within neuropsychology in single case studies, which can be crucial in order to corroborate (or falsify) theoretical advancements in linguistics.

Topics in Oceanic Morphosyntax

Author : Claire Moyse-Faurie
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110259915
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Book Synopsis Topics in Oceanic Morphosyntax by : Claire Moyse-Faurie

Download or read book Topics in Oceanic Morphosyntax written by Claire Moyse-Faurie and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph is a collection of selected papers on Oceanic languages. For the first time, aspects of the morphology and syntax of Oceanic languages such as the encoding of sentence types, the structure of the noun phrase, noun incorporation, constituent order, and ergative vs. accusative alignment are discussed from a comparative point of view, thus drawing attention to genetic, areal and language-specific features. The individual papers are based on the field work of the authors on lesser-described and endangered languages and are basically descriptive studies. At the same time they also explore the theoretical implications of the data presented and analyzed, as well as the historical development of certain morpho-syntactic phenomena, without basing these explorations on a single theoretical framework. The book provides new insights into the morphosyntactic structures of Oceanic languages and is of interest primarily for linguists working on Austronesian, in particular Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian languages, but also for typologists and linguists working on language change.

The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Linguistics

Author : Shigeru Miyagawa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190208805
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Linguistics by : Shigeru Miyagawa

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Linguistics written by Shigeru Miyagawa and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-03 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past twenty years or so, the work on Japanese within generative grammar has shifted from primarily using contemporary theory to describe Japanese to contributing directly to general theory, on top of producing extensive analyses of the language. The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Linguistics captures the excitement that comes from answering the question, "What can Japanese say about Universal Grammar?" Each of the eighteen chapters takes up a topic in syntax, morphology, acquisition, processing, phonology, or information structure, and, first of all, lays out the core data, followed by critical discussion of the various approaches found in the literature. Each chapter ends with a section on how the study of the particular phenomenon in Japanese contributes to our knowledge of general linguistic theory. This book will be useful to students and scholars of linguistics who are interested in the latest studies on one of the most extensively studied languages within generative grammar.

Morphology: Morphology: primes, phenomena and processes

Author : Francis Katamba
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415270809
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis Morphology: Morphology: primes, phenomena and processes by : Francis Katamba

Download or read book Morphology: Morphology: primes, phenomena and processes written by Francis Katamba and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This six-volume collection draws together the most significant contributions to morphological theory and analysis which all serious students of morphology should be aware of. By comparing the stances taken by the different schools about the important issues, the reader will be able to judge the merits of each, with the benefit of evidence rather than prejudice.

Formal Grammar

Author : Glyn Morrill
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642399983
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Book Synopsis Formal Grammar by : Glyn Morrill

Download or read book Formal Grammar written by Glyn Morrill and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th and 18th International Conference on Formal Grammar 2012 and 2013, collocated with the European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information in August 2012/2013. The 18 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 27 submissions. The focus of papers are as follows: formal and computational phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics; model-theoretic and proof-theoretic methods in linguistics; logical aspects of linguistic structure; constraint-based and resource-sensitive approaches to grammar; learnability of formal grammar; integration of stochastic and symbolic models of grammar; foundational, methodological and architectural issues in grammar and linguistics, and mathematical foundations of statistical approaches to linguistic analysis.

A Performance Theory of Order and Constituency

Author : John A. Hawkins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521378673
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (786 download)

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Book Synopsis A Performance Theory of Order and Constituency by : John A. Hawkins

Download or read book A Performance Theory of Order and Constituency written by John A. Hawkins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major new work arguing that grammars are profoundly shaped by language processing.

Theoretical Approaches to Disharmonic Word Order

Author : Theresa Biberauer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199684359
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Book Synopsis Theoretical Approaches to Disharmonic Word Order by : Theresa Biberauer

Download or read book Theoretical Approaches to Disharmonic Word Order written by Theresa Biberauer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title considers whether any generalisations can be made about word order in language. The chapters, written by international scholars, draw on data from several 'disharmonic' and typologically distinct languages, including Mandarin Chinese, Basque, French, English, Hixkaryana (a Cariban language), Khalkha Mongolian, Uyghur Turkic, and Afrikaans.