Issues In Italian Syntax

Author : Luigi Rizzi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 204 pages
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Release : 2013-02-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110883718

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Issues in Italian Syntax by Luigi Rizzi Pdf

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.

Author : L. Burzio
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 444 pages
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Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789400945227

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Italian Syntax by L. Burzio Pdf

In the course of our everyday lives, we generally take our knowledge of language for granted. Occasionally, we may become aware of its great practical importance, but we rarely pay any attention to the formal properties that language has. Yet these properties are remarkably complex. So complex that the question immediately arises as to how we could know so much. The facts that will be considered in this book should serve well to illustrate this point. We will see for example that verbs like arrivare 'arrive' and others like telefonare 'telephone', which are superficially similar, actually differ in a large number of respects, some fairly well known, others not. Why should there be such differencces. we may ask. And why should it be that if a verb behaves like arrivare and unlike tetefonare in one respect. it will do so in all others consistently, and how could everyone know it? To take another case, Italian has two series of pronouns: stressed and unstressed. Thus, for example, alongside of reflexive se stesso 'himself which is the stressed form. one finds si which is unstressed but otherwise synonymous. Yet we will see that the differences between the two could not simply be stress versus lack of stress, as their behavior is radically different under a variety of syntactic conditions.

Author : Christina Tortora
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-07-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198031222

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The Syntax of Italian Dialects by Christina Tortora Pdf

This volume collects original theoretical work on the syntax and morphology of Italian and a wide range of Italian dialects. It contains contributions by such leading figures as Cecilia Poletto, Guglielmo Cinque, and Richard Kayne, and examines topics such as the syntax of "ne", the internal structure of personal pronouns, the syntax/morphology interface, and functional projections at the clausal level.

Author : L. Burzio
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1986-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027720153

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Italian Syntax by L. Burzio Pdf

In the course of our everyday lives, we generally take our knowledge of language for granted. Occasionally, we may become aware of its great practical importance, but we rarely pay any attention to the formal properties that language has. Yet these properties are remarkably complex. So complex that the question immediately arises as to how we could know so much. The facts that will be considered in this book should serve well to illustrate this point. We will see for example that verbs like arrivare 'arrive' and others like telefonare 'telephone', which are superficially similar, actually differ in a large number of respects, some fairly well known, others not. Why should there be such differencces. we may ask. And why should it be that if a verb behaves like arrivare and unlike tetefonare in one respect. it will do so in all others consistently, and how could everyone know it? To take another case, Italian has two series of pronouns: stressed and unstressed. Thus, for example, alongside of reflexive se stesso 'himself which is the stressed form. one finds si which is unstressed but otherwise synonymous. Yet we will see that the differences between the two could not simply be stress versus lack of stress, as their behavior is radically different under a variety of syntactic conditions.

Author : Guglielmo Cinque
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521475136

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Italian Syntax and Universal Grammar by Guglielmo Cinque Pdf

This volume of essays offers a wide-ranging comparative analysis of Italian syntax.

Author : Werner Abraham,Wim Kosmeijer,Erich Reuland
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110847277

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Issues in Germanic Syntax by Werner Abraham,Wim Kosmeijer,Erich Reuland Pdf

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Author : R. Freidin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789400901353

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Current Issues in Comparative Grammar by R. Freidin Pdf

Current Issues in Comparative Grammar illustrates the diversity and productivity of research within the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar. In combination, the papers in this volume address a rich and varied set of issues in the study of comparative grammar, including the theories of binding, case and government, the parametric effects of inflection, the syntactic properties of infinitival constructions, the analysis of expletives and of clitics, and the interpretation of anaphoric properties at the level of Logical Form. The collection employs several different research strategies, ranging from a broad survey of related constructions in a wide range of languages to the close analysis of an unusual construction in a single language and its consequences for the theory of Universal Grammar. Some of the papers collected here are commentaries on others, or responses to commentaries.

Author : Guglielmo Cinque,Giampaolo Salvi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780585473949

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Current Studies in Italian Syntax by Guglielmo Cinque,Giampaolo Salvi Pdf

Includes sixteen contributions which are representative of the research carried out in Italy on Italian and, more generally, Romance syntax. The essays in this work are collected to pay homage to Professor Lorenzo Renzi, a scholar who has since the 1960s promoted and shaped the study of Italian syntax in Italy.

Author : Esthela Treviño,José Lema
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1999-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027284594

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Semantic Issues in Romance Syntax by Esthela Treviño,José Lema Pdf

All of the articles in this volume focus on the interaction of form and meaning. Most of them are developed under the principal thesis of the Minimalist Program. These works show that the theoretical linguistic trend is to discover semantic aspects which are assumed to have visible syntactic repercussions through morphosyntactic and morphosemantic features.

Author : J. Ouhalla,U. Shlonsky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401003513

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Themes in Arabic and Hebrew Syntax by J. Ouhalla,U. Shlonsky Pdf

The aim of this enterprise is to assemble together in one volume works on various syntactic aspects of Arabic and Hebrew, in the hope that it will spur further comparative work within the Semitic family at the level of richness achieved in other language families such as Germanic and Romance. Although a substantial amount of work on the syntax of Arabic and Hebrew already exists in various forms, volumes of the type we have attempted are still practically non-existent. Moreover, apart from some notable exceptions, existing studies rarely take a systematic within-family comparative stance towards the phenomena they discuss, although cross-references between studies on Arabic and Hebrew are not uncommon. Obviously, we would ideally have preferred the volume to include papers on numerous other Semitic languages, including the languages of the Ethio Semitic branch as well as numerous spoken varieties of Arabic that have yet to be explored. Unfortunately, this was not possible due to circumstances beyond our control. We very much hope that the existence of this volume will make more inclusive volumes on the syntax of the Semitic languages only a matter of time.

Author : Rosemarie Ostler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027237477

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Theoretical Syntax, 1980-1990 by Rosemarie Ostler Pdf

This volume is intended to be used by practicing scholars as well as students. It represents all major and some of the minor trends that have evolved during the past decade. Book titles from all available sources have been included, as well as periodical articles from the major journals, whenever there was evidence of a theoretical approach. To ensure maximum accessibility of the entries listed, books and articles in language other than English and unpublished dissertations and working papers have been excluded. All entries are fully annotated and the volume is completed by indices of authors and subjects.

Author : Richard S. Kayne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780190863616

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Questions of Syntax by Richard S. Kayne Pdf

There are far more syntactically distinct languages than we might have thought; yet there are far fewer than there might have been. Questions of Syntax collects sixteen papers authored by Richard S. Kayne, a preeminent theoretical syntactician, who has sought over the course of his career to understand why both these facts are true. With a particular emphasis on comparative syntax, these chapters collectively consider how wide a range of questions the field of syntax can reasonably attempt to ask and then answer. At issue, among other topics, are the relation between syntax and (certain aspects of) semantics, the relation between syntax and what appear to be lexical questions, the relation between syntax and morphology, the relation between syntax and certain aspects of phonology (insofar as silent elements and their properties play a substantial role), and the extent to which comparative syntax can provide new and decisive evidence bearing on these different kinds of questions. To Kayne, comparative syntax can shed light on what may initially seem lexical questions, and antisymmetry on the evolution of human language itself. Taken as a whole, these essays elucidate the theoretical contributions of one the most influential scholars in linguistics.

Author : Werner Abraham,Elly van Gelderen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110914726

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German: Syntactic Problems – Problematic Syntax by Werner Abraham,Elly van Gelderen Pdf

The volume assembles eleven articles presenting a linguistic approach to the grammar of German, English and the diachronic forerunners of English. Common to all is a theoretical discussion against the background of Chomskyan minimalism (1993) and more recent developments of it (Kayne 1993, Chomsky 1995), all of which make language typology comparisons an interesting proposition. Some of the articles are critical of certain aspects of these theoretical approaches. For all their claims to descriptive universality, it transpires that they fail to address a number of features specific to German.

Author : E. Engdahl
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789400953239

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Constituent Questions by E. Engdahl Pdf

Author : Cecilia Goria
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781402027383

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Subject Clitics in the Northern Italian Dialects by Cecilia Goria Pdf

1. 0 INTRODUCTION This book provides an encompassing analysis of Subject Clitics (SCLs) by giving a detailed description of these elements in two varieties of Piedmontese, a Northern Italian Dialect: Astigiano and Turinese spoken in the areas of Asti and Turin respectively. It accounts for the structural position and function of these elements inside the computational system and for their morphological and distributional properties. It also provides an empirical and theoretical comparison between Piedmontese SCLs and SCLs in other Northern Italian Dialects (NIDs). of SCLs types in the NIDs have been regarded as Since the 1980s, the majority elements of agreement, in that they contribute to the realisation of subject verb agreement by expressing features of the subject similar, in a way, to verbal inflection. Nonetheless, SCLs are not to be assimilated to verbal affixes as they exhibit different properties. Most distinctively, they can be separated from the verb by other clitic elements and, in the case of the varieties considered here, SCLs are optional in all contexts and may be omitted in coordination. A more refined identification of SCLs separates SCLs which encode agreement features from those which do not and are related to pragmatic factors, as originally observed by Beninca (1994) with respect to the clitic a in Paduano The different morphological and syntactic properties that characterise SCLs across the NIDs have justified numerous accounts which regard them as head of their own projection.