Ellipsis In Comparatives

Author : Winfried Lechner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110197402

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Ellipsis in Comparatives by Winfried Lechner Pdf

Generative analyses of comparatives traditionally include two construction specific ellipsis operations, Comparative Deletion and Comparative Ellipsis. Drawing from a wide array of new data, the present monograph develops a novel, directly semantically interpretable analysis of comparatives which does not require reference to designated deletion processes. On the one hand, Comparative Deletion is reinterpreted in terms of overt movement of the degree predicate. The resulting head-raising analysis contributes to an understanding of various puzzles for comparatives related to binding, locality and the influence of word-order variation on the interpretation and size of the ellipsis site. On the other hand, it is argued that Comparative Ellipsis can entirely be subsumed under standardly sanctioned ellipsis operations such as Gapping, Right Node Raising and Across-the-Board-movement. In addition, the study presents arguments for an ellipsis analysis of phrasal comparatives (such as Millhouse saw more movies than Bart). Empirical support for this conception derives, among others, from the complex interdependencies between ellipsis and serialization in English and German, and the binding properties of remnants inside the comparative complement. The study is directed towards readers interested in formal syntax and the syntax/semantics interface.

Author : Julia Bacskai-Atkari
Publisher : Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Comparison (Grammar)
ISBN : 9783869563015

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The Syntax of Comparative Constructions by Julia Bacskai-Atkari Pdf

Adopting a minimalist framework, the dissertation provides an analysis for the syntactic structure of comparatives, with special attention paid to the derivation of the subclause. The proposed account explains how the comparative subclause is connected to the matrix clause, how the subclause is formed in the syntax and what additional processes contribute to its final structure. In addition, it casts light upon these problems in cross-linguistic terms and provides a model that allows for synchronic and diachronic differences. This also enables one to give a more adequate explanation for the phenomena found in English comparatives since the properties of English structures can then be linked to general settings of the language and hence need no longer be considered as idiosyncratic features of the grammar of English. First, the dissertation provides a unified analysis of degree expressions, relating the structure of comparatives to that of other degrees. It is shown that gradable adjectives are located within a degree phrase (DegP), which in turn projects a quantifier phrase (QP) and that these two functional layers are always present, irrespectively of whether there is a phonologically visible element in these layers. Second, the dissertation presents a novel analysis of Comparative Deletion by reducing it to an overtness constraint holding on operators: in this way, it is reduced to morphological differences and cross-linguistic variation is not conditioned by way of postulating an arbitrary parameter. Cross-linguistic differences are ultimately dependent on whether a language has overt operators equipped with the relevant – [+compr] and [+rel] – features. Third, the dissertation provides an adequate explanation for the phenomenon of Attributive Comparative Deletion, as attested in English, by way of relating it to the regular mechanism of Comparative Deletion. I assume that Attributive Comparative Deletion is not a universal phenomenon, and its presence in English can be conditioned by independent, more general rules, while the absence of such restrictions leads to its absence in other languages. Fourth, the dissertation accounts for certain phenomena related to diachronic changes, examining how the changes in the status of comparative operators led to changes in whether Comparative Deletion is attested in a given language: I argue that only operators without a lexical XP can be grammaticalised. The underlying mechanisms underlying are essentially general economy principles and hence the processes are not language-specific or exceptional. Fifth, the dissertation accounts for optional ellipsis processes that play a crucial role in the derivation of typical comparative subclauses. These processes are not directly related to the structure of degree expressions and hence the elimination of the quantified expression from the subclause; nevertheless, they are shown to be in interaction with the mechanisms underlying Comparative Deletion or the absence thereof.

Author : Jeroen van Craenenbroeck,Tanja Temmerman
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 1147 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198712398

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The Oxford Handbook of Ellipsis by Jeroen van Craenenbroeck,Tanja Temmerman Pdf

This handbook is the first volume to provide a comprehensive, in-depth, and balanced discussion of ellipsis, a phenomena whereby expressions in natural language appear to be incomplete but are still understood. It explores fundamental questions about the workings of grammar and provides detailed case studies of inter- and intralinguistic variation.

Author : Gerrit Kentner,Joost Kremers
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110650532

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Prosody in Syntactic Encoding by Gerrit Kentner,Joost Kremers Pdf

Die Buchreihe Linguistische Arbeiten hat mit über 500 Bänden zur linguistischen Theoriebildung der letzten Jahrzehnte in Deutschland und international wesentlich beigetragen. Die Reihe wird auch weiterhin neue Impulse für die Forschung setzen und die zentrale Einsicht der Sprachwissenschaft präsentieren, dass Fortschritt in der Erforschung der menschlichen Sprachen nur durch die enge Verbindung von empirischen und theoretischen Analysen sowohl diachron wie synchron möglich ist. Daher laden wir hochwertige linguistische Arbeiten aus allen zentralen Teilgebieten der allgemeinen und einzelsprachlichen Linguistik ein, die aktuelle Fragestellungen bearbeiten, neue Daten diskutieren und die Theorieentwicklung vorantreiben.

Author : Julia Bacskai-Atkari
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783961100835

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Deletion phenomena in comparative constructions by Julia Bacskai-Atkari Pdf

This book provides a new analysis for the syntax of comparatives, focusing on various deletion phenomena affecting the subclause. In particular, the proposed account shows that Comparative Deletion is merely a surface phenomenon that can be drawn back to the overtness of the comparative operator and the availability of lower copies of a movement chain, and it is thus subject to both language-internal and cross-linguistic variation. The main focus of the book is on English, yet other languages are also discussed for comparative purposes, with the aim of showing what the idiosyncratic properties of English comparatives are.

Author : Kerstin Schwabe,Susanne Winkler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003-03-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027296917

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The Interfaces by Kerstin Schwabe,Susanne Winkler Pdf

The Interfaces: Deriving and Interpreting Omitted Structures is a collection of never-before-published papers that explore the nature of the interfaces of syntax with semantics, phonology, and discourse. The papers investigate the various ways in which elliptical structures are related to these interfaces. As such, they not only make a valuable contribution to generative linguistic research but, more generally, help to deepen our understanding of the relation between form and meaning in natural language. In the book’s introductory chapter, the editors address general issues related to current work on ellipsis and the syntax/semantics, syntax/phonology and syntax/discourse interfaces. The rest of the book is organized into three parts. The first examines PF-deletion accounts of elliptical structures; the second investigates these structures from the perspective of the syntax/semantic interface; and the third explores these from a perspective that concentrates on the relation between semantics and focus and discourse structure. Together the papers collected in this volume offer a convincing demonstration of the value of collaborative research on the ‘interfaces’.

Author : Maria Polinsky
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1189 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780190690694

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The Oxford Handbook of Languages of the Caucasus by Maria Polinsky Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Languages of the Caucasus is an introduction to and overview of the linguistically diverse languages of southern Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Though the languages of the Caucasus have often been mischaracterized or exoticized, many of them have cross-linguistically rare features found in few or no other languages. This handbook presents facts and descriptions of the languages written by experts. The first half of the book is an introduction to the languages, with the linguistic profiles enriched by demographic research about their speakers. It features overviews of the main language families as well as detailed grammatical descriptions of several individual languages. The second half of the book delves more deeply into theoretical analyses of features, such as agreement, ellipsis, and discourse properties, which are found in some languages of the Caucasus. Promising areas for future research are highlighted throughout the handbook, which will be of interest to linguists of all subfields.

Author : Jeroen Van Craenenbroeck
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780195375640

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The Syntax of Ellipsis by Jeroen Van Craenenbroeck Pdf

The Syntax of Ellipsis provides an in-depth analysis of a number of previously undiscussed elliptical constructions in Dutch dialects, and explores their consequences for the theory of ellipsis. Van Craenenbroeck argues that both the PF-deletion and the pro-theory of ellipsis are needed to account for the full range of elliptical phenomena attested in natural language.

Author : Hiyan Alshawi
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Computational linguistics
ISBN : 0262011263

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The Core Language Engine by Hiyan Alshawi Pdf

Author : Jessie E. Pinkham
Publisher : Dissertations-G
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015014765567

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The Formation of Comparative Clauses in French and English by Jessie E. Pinkham Pdf

Author : Karen Lynn Ryan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : English language
ISBN : UOM:39015014597671

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A Grammar of the English Comparative by Karen Lynn Ryan Pdf

Author : Christopher Kennedy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780815333494

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Projecting the Adjective by Christopher Kennedy Pdf

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Mamoru Saito
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199945214

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Japanese Syntax in Comparative Perspective by Mamoru Saito Pdf

This book examines the syntax of Japanese in comparison with other Asian languages within the Principles-and-Parameters framework. It grows out of a collaborative research project on comparative syntax pursued at the Center for Linguistics at Nanzan University from 2008-2013, in collaboration with researchers at Tsing Hua (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Connecticut, EFL U. (Hyderabad, India), Siena, and Cambridge. In ten chapters, the book compares the syntax of Japanese to that of Chinese, Korean, Turkish, Hindi, and Malayalam, focusing on ellipsis, movement, and Case. The first three chapters compare nominal structures in Japanese and Chinese and account for the differences between them. An important point of comparison in these chapters is the patterns of N'-ellipsis the two languages exhibit. The subsequent two chapters focus on ellipsis. One examines argument ellipsis in Japanese, Turkish, and Chinese, and argues for its correlation with the absence of

Author : Peter Ackema,Rhona Alcorn,Caroline Heycock,Dany Jaspers,Jeroen Van Craenenbroeck,Guido Vanden Wyngaerd
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027273642

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Comparative Germanic Syntax by Peter Ackema,Rhona Alcorn,Caroline Heycock,Dany Jaspers,Jeroen Van Craenenbroeck,Guido Vanden Wyngaerd Pdf

The present volume contains a selection of papers presented at the 23rd and 24th Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop held at the University of Edinburgh and the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussels. The contributions provide new perspectives on several topics of current interest for syntactic theory on the basis of comparative data from a wide range of Germanic languages. Among the theoretical and empirical issues explored are various ellipsis phenomena, the internal structure of the DP, the syntax-morphology interface, the syntax-semantics interface, Binding Theory, various diachronic developments, and ‘do-support’-type phenomena. This book is of interest to syntacticians with an interest in theoretical, comparative and/or diachronic work, as well as to morphologists and semanticists interested in the connections their fields have with syntax. It will also be of interest to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in linguistic disciplines.

Author : Annie Foret,Greg Kobele,Sylvain Pogodalla
Publisher : Springer
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783662577844

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Formal Grammar 2018 by Annie Foret,Greg Kobele,Sylvain Pogodalla Pdf

Edited in collaboration with FoLLI, the Association of Logic, Language and Information, this book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Formal Grammar, FG 2018, collocated with the European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information in August 2018. The 7 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 11 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 Mathematical foundations of statistical approaches to linguistic analysis