Principles And Parameters Of Syntactic Saturation

Author : Gert Webelhuth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780195361384

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Principles and Parameters of Syntactic Saturation by Gert Webelhuth Pdf

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.

Author : Teresa Satterfield
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781461552598

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Bilingual Selection of Syntactic Knowledge by Teresa Satterfield Pdf

Bilingual Selection of Syntactic Knowledge motivates a more formal approach in theoretical linguistics by investigating the parameters of syntactic variation and simultaneous acquisition of multiple languages. Taking the behavior of the Null Subject Parameter (NSP) across languages as an illustration, the book raises important questions concerning the adequacy of standard parameter-setting models in the face of compelling evidence from both mono- and bilingual child speech data. Teresa Satterfield argues convincingly that so-called `universal' premises guiding well-known parametric approaches greatly complicate attempts to construct an economical bilingual analysis. Further, she demonstrates the compatibility of more recent formulations in linguistic theory (i.e. the Minimalist Program) and studies on language learnability (Clark, 1992, 1993; Kapur, 1994) which present the view that while initially convincing, standard parameter models are potentially costly and less than effective in terms of monolinguals as well. Using Clark's application of the Genetic Algorithm as a point of departure, Bilingual Selection of Syntactic Knowledge describes a number of computational simulations. These simulations not only demonstrate the robustness of the GA-as-language-learner, they offer a more detailed account of the parameter-setting task confronting the bilingual child while also making more precise predictions regarding the process of syntactic knowledge.

Author : Peter W. Culicover
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Government-binding theory (Linguistics)
ISBN : 1383031339

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Principles and Parameters by Peter W. Culicover Pdf

Author : Martin Everaert,Henk C. Van Riemsdijk
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 3285 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781405178419

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The Blackwell Companion to Syntax by Martin Everaert,Henk C. Van Riemsdijk Pdf

*** Pre-Order The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Syntax, second edition, publishing December 2017. Find out more at www.companiontosyntax.com *** This long-awaited reference work marks the culmination of numerous years of research and international collaboration by the world’s leading syntacticians. There exists no other comparable collection of research that documents the development of syntax in this way. Under the editorial direction of Martin Everaert and Henk van Riemsdijk, this 5 volume set comprises 70 case studies commissioned specifically for this volume. The 80 contributors are drawn from an international group of prestigious linguists, including Joe Emonds, Sandra Chung, Susan Rothstein, Adriana Belletti, Jim Huang, Howard Lasnik, and Marcel den Dikken, among many others. A unique collection of 70 newly-commissioned case studies, offering access to research completed over the last 40 years. Brings together the world’s leading syntacticians to provide a large and diverse number of case studies in the field. Explores a comprehensive range of syntax topics from an historical perspective. Investigates empirical domains which have been well-documented and which have played a prominent role in theoretical syntax at some stage in the development of generative grammar. Serves as a research tool for not only theoretical linguistics but also the various forms of applied linguistics. Contains an accessible alphabetical structure, with an index integral to each volume featuring keywords and key figures. Each multi-volume set is also accompanied by a CD Rom of the entire Companion. Like the prestigious Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series, this multi-volume work, in the new The Wiley Blackwell Companions to Linguistics series, can be relied upon to deliver the quality and expertise with which Blackwell Publishing’s linguistics list is associated.

Author : Mark Baltin,Chris Collins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780470756355

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The Handbook of Contemporary Syntactic Theory by Mark Baltin,Chris Collins Pdf

This volume provides a comprehensive view of the current issues in contemporary syntactic theory. Written by an international assembly of leading specialists in the field, these 2 original articles serve as a useful reference for various areas of grammar. Contains 23 articles written by an international assembly of specialists in the field. The lucidly written articles grant accessibility to crucial areas of syntactic theory. Contrasting theories are represented. Contains an informative introduction and extensive bibliography which serves as a reference tool for both students and professional linguists.

Author : Gert Webelhuth
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0631180613

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Government and Binding Theory and the Minimalist Program by Gert Webelhuth Pdf

This volume provides an authoritative overview of Government and Binding Theory, and -- in crucial new papers by Noam Chomsky and Alec Marantz -- of the subsequent development of the Minimalist Program.

Author : Michael T. Putnam
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027233799

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Scrambling and the Survive Principle by Michael T. Putnam Pdf

Languages with free word orders pose daunting challenges to linguistic theory because they raise questions about the nature of grammatical strings. Ross, who coined the term Scrambling to refer to the relatively 'free' word orders found in Germanic languages (among others) notes that “ the problems involved in specifying exactly the subset of the strings which will be generated are far too complicated for me to even mention here, let alone come to grips with” (1967:52). This book offers a radical re-analysis of middle field Scrambling. It argues that Scrambling is a concatenation effect, as described in Stroik's (1999, 2000, 2007) Survive analysis of minimalist syntax, driven by an interpretable referentiality feature [Ref] to the middle field, where syntactically encoded features for temporality and other world indices are checked. The purpose of this book is to investigate the syntactic properties of middle field Scrambling in synchronic West Germanic languages, and to explore, to what possible extent we can classify Scrambling as a 'syntactic phenomenon' within Survive-minimalist desiderata.

Author : Perugia Adriana Belletti Associate Professor of Linguistics Universita per Stanieri,Luigi Rizzi Professor of Linguistics University of Geneva
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1996-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198024880

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Parameters and Functional Heads : Essays in Comparative Syntax by Perugia Adriana Belletti Associate Professor of Linguistics Universita per Stanieri,Luigi Rizzi Professor of Linguistics University of Geneva Pdf

The essays collected in this volume, most previously unpublished, address a number of closely interconnected issues raised by the comparative syntax of functional heads within the Principles-and-Parameters approach. The general theory of head movement, the properties of derived structures created by incorporation, and the parameterization involved are the main theoretical foci. One major empirical area which is addressed concerns head movement in configurations involving certain kinds of operator-like elements, for example, the different manifestations of Verb Second phenomena in Wh and other constructions and the syntax of negative heads and specifiers. In addition, properties of functional heads and head movement in nominal and clausal structures and the causative construction are investigated.

Author : Hubert Haider
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-07
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521865258

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The Syntax of German by Hubert Haider Pdf

A broad coverage of German syntax, providing an in-depth look at object-verb sentence formation in comparison with other languages.

Author : Osvaldo Jaeggli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1998-12-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0792354982

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Beyond Principles and Parameters by Osvaldo Jaeggli Pdf

Examines topics central to the current development of syntactic theory, covering areas such as the relationship between argument structure and grammatical functions, clitic Inversion constructions in French, inverted subjects in Spanish as compared to parallel inverted subjects in French or Italian, and the rapidly developing syntax of Determiner Phrases. Together these essays represent the on-gong transition from models of syntactic variation that employ static sets of principles. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Gema Chocano
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 902723373X

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Narrow Syntax and Phonological Form by Gema Chocano Pdf

'Scrambling', the kind of word order variation found in West Germanic languages, has been commonly treated as a phenomenon completely unrelated to North Germanic 'Object Shift'. This book questions this view and defends a unified analysis on the basis of strictly syntactic and phonological evidence. Given that its main conclusions are drawn from German data, it also sheds light on several problematic aspects of the grammar of this language, which have traditionally resisted a principled account. Prominent among these are: the inconsistent behaviour of German coherent infinitives with respect to extraction of their internal arguments; the existence of a less 'liberal' type of 'Scrambling' within topicalised VPs; the link between reordering possibilities and headfinalness; the asymmetry exhibited by monotransitive and ditransitive structures with respect to the interaction between 'Scrambling' and the unmarked word order, and, finally, certain anomalies in the reordering of the lower arguments of ditransitive predicates that assign inherent case.

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 : 53,6 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.

Author : Andrew Carnie,Eithne Guilfoyle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,9 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.

Author : Andreas Kathol
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198237340

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Linear Syntax by Andreas Kathol Pdf

This volume makes a case for a critical reassessment of the wide-spread view that syntax can be reduced to tree structures, arguing for concepts that are defined in terms of linear order. By connecting the descriptive tools of modern phrase-structure grammar with traditional descriptive scholarship, Andreas Kathol offers a new perspective on many long-standing problems in syntactic theory.

Author : Rosina Lippi-Green,Joe Salmons
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027236418

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Germanic Linguistics by Rosina Lippi-Green,Joe Salmons Pdf

This volume contains ten revised and expanded papers selected from the dozens presented at the last Michigan-Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable, five contributions each from syntax (by Werner Abraham, Sarah Fagan, Isabella Barbier, John te Velde, and Ruth Lanouette) and historical linguistics (by Garry Davis and Gregory Iverson, Mary Niepokuj, Neil Jacobs, Edgar Polomé, and David Fertig). The authors start from current theoretical discussions in syntactic and diachronic research, using theory to address longstanding but still current problems in Germanic linguistics, from clitic placement and verb-second phenomena through the Verschärfung to the Twaddellian view of umlaut. Each contribution relies on careful sifting of data situated in the relevant comparative context, Germanic, Indo-European and cross-linguistic.