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Particles and Projections in Irish Syntax

Author : N. Duffield
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401101554

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Particles and Projections in Irish Syntax by N. Duffield Pdf

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,Janet Grijzenhout
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027227578

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Clitics in Phonology, Morphology and Syntax by Birgit Gerlach,Janet Grijzenhout Pdf

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,Eithne Guilfoyle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-06-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198030294

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The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages by Andrew Carnie,Eithne Guilfoyle Pdf

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,Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Eithne Guilfoyle Head of Humanities, Design and Technology
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000-05-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195344011

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The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages by Andrew Carnie Assistant Professor of Linguistics University of Arizona,Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Eithne Guilfoyle Head of Humanities, Design and Technology Pdf

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,Elisabeth Löbel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110289411

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Linguistics of Vietnamese by Daniel Hole,Elisabeth Löbel Pdf

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.

A Syntax of Substance

Author : David Adger
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780262518307

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A Syntax of Substance by David Adger Pdf

A new approach to grammar and meaning of relational nouns is presented along with its empirical consequences.

Dimensions of Movement

Author : Artemis Alexiadou,Elena Anagnostopoulou,Sjef Barbiers,Hans-Martin Gärtner
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-08-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027297570

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Dimensions of Movement by Artemis Alexiadou,Elena Anagnostopoulou,Sjef Barbiers,Hans-Martin Gärtner Pdf

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.

The Grammar of Irish English

Author : Markku Filppula
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134759958

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The Grammar of Irish English by Markku Filppula Pdf

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,Eric Haeberli,Genoveva Puskás,Manuela Schönenberger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501504037

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Elements of Comparative Syntax by Enoch Aboh,Eric Haeberli,Genoveva Puskás,Manuela Schönenberger Pdf

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,Richard S. Kayne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195136517

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The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax by Guglielmo Cinque,Richard S. Kayne Pdf

"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,F. Weerman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401142892

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Flexible Syntax by A. Neeleman,F. Weerman Pdf

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,G.C. Horrocks,Melita Stavrou
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401591775

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Studies in Greek Syntax by A. Alexiadou,G.C. Horrocks,Melita Stavrou Pdf

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,U. Shlonsky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-30
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781402005374

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

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,Samuel David Epstein,Steve Peter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001-11-30
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1402002947

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Studies in Comparative Germanic Syntax by Höskuldur Thräinsson,Samuel David Epstein,Steve Peter Pdf

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
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-30
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0792362403

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The Syntax-Phonology Interface in Focus and Topic Constructions in Italian by M. Frascarelli Pdf

"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.