Remnant Raising And Vso Clausal Architecture

Author : Felicia Lee
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1402043007

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Remnant Raising and VSO Clausal Architecture by Felicia Lee Pdf

San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec, an endangered and little-examined indigenous language of Mexico, shows a range of syntactic and morphological phenomena incompatible with standard Minimalist accounts of verb movement. This work proposes a VP-remnant raising account for these phenomena, motivated by Kayne’s (1992) antisymmetry program. The book also examines the consequences of phrasal remnant movement for negation constructions, and the interpretation of tense, aspect, and mood.

Author : Felicia Lee
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781402043086

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Remnant Raising and VSO Clausal Architecture by Felicia Lee Pdf

San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec, an endangered and little-examined indigenous language of Mexico, shows a range of syntactic and morphological phenomena incompatible with standard Minimalist accounts of verb movement. This work proposes a VP-remnant raising account for these phenomena, motivated by Kayne’s (1992) antisymmetry program. The book also examines the consequences of phrasal remnant movement for negation constructions, and the interpretation of tense, aspect, and mood.

Author : Rachel Wojdak
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781402065484

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The Linearization of Affixes: Evidence from Nuu-chah-nulth by Rachel Wojdak Pdf

This book examines the problem of linearization from a new perspective: that of the linearization of affixes. The author’s driving proposition is that affixation provides a means of satisfying the universal requirement to linearize linguistic outputs. This proposition is tested using original data from Nuu-chah-nulth ("Nootka"; Wakashan family), an endangered Amerindian language that is remarkable for its complex morphology.

Author : Asya Pereltsvaig
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781402057939

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Copular Sentences in Russian by Asya Pereltsvaig Pdf

This book provides a detailed study and a novel Minimalist account of copular sentences in Russian, focusing on case marking alternations (nominative vs. instrumental) and drawing a distinction between two types of copular sentences. On the assumption that Merge is defined in the simplest way possible, it is argued that not all syntactic structures are a(nti)symmetrical. One of the copular sentence types is analyzed as a poster child for symmetrical structures, while the other type is treated as asymmetrical. The originality of this study lies in treating the copula in the two types of copular sentences neither as completely identical nor as two distinct lexical items; instead, the two types of copula are derived through the process of semantic bleaching. Furthermore, it is argued that the two types of the copula need to combine with post-copular phrases of different categories. It is concluded that Russian draws a distinction between saturated DPs and unsaturated NPs, in spite of its renowned lack of overt articles.

Author : Silvia Luraghi,Claudia Parodi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781441185228

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The Bloomsbury Companion to Syntax by Silvia Luraghi,Claudia Parodi Pdf

This Bloomsbury Companion is the most wide-ranging, state-of-the-art resource to a key area of contemporary linguistics. It covers fundamental issues, concepts, movements and approaches within the most relevant theoretical perspectives on syntax, encompassing the relationship between syntax and other levels of grammar. This book is a major tool for understanding syntax and its essential assumptions in the broader framework of current linguistic research. It is the most complete resource for postgraduate students and researchers working in syntax and neighboring fields. In addition, this companion offers a comprehensive reference resource, giving an overview of key terms and topics in syntax, research areas and new directions. With its section on methodology, it features a manageable guide to beginning or developing research in the field. It provides a review of current research as well as practical guidance for advanced study in the area.

Author : Katalin É. Kiss
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781402047558

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Event Structure and the Left Periphery by Katalin É. Kiss Pdf

Katalin Kiss, of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, has brought together in this volume substantial new results in a novel field of research. The text analyzes the syntactic and semantic consequences of event structure. The studies contained in this volume test the hypothesis that event structure correlates with a number of things, including word order, the presence or absence of the verbal particle, and the [+/- specific] feature of the internal argument.

Author : Mehmet Yavas
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317587279

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Unusual Productions in Phonology by Mehmet Yavas Pdf

The universalist view that acquisition of phonology is guided by universal principles has been the dominant position for decades. More recently, an alternative view has brought into focus the relationship between developmental markedness and language-specific input frequencies. With entirely original chapters on non-ambient-like productions by typically and atypically developing children, and second language learners, Unusual Productions in Phonology delves deeply into these competing explanations to show that patterns observed do not uniquely lend themselves to one or the other explanations. Rather, they point towards the need for both universal markedness and statistical input considerations in any attempted explanation. Containing contributions from leading researchers from around the world, this impressive collection is a must-have resource for any researcher, practitioner, or advanced student specializing in phonology, cognitive psychology, applied linguistics, and communication disorders.

Author : Maria Polinsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107047648

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Heritage Languages and Their Speakers by Maria Polinsky Pdf

A pioneering study of heritage languages, from a leading scholar in this area of study world-wide.

Author : Kristin Melum Eide,Marc Fryd
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027259998

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The Perfect Volume by Kristin Melum Eide,Marc Fryd Pdf

Drawing on the data and history from a wide range of languages, from Atayal to Zapotec, this volume brings together leading scholars in the field of tense and aspect research resulting in 18 contributions on the perfect and some of its close relatives (e.g. iamitives). Different approaches complement each other to shed light on the source, emergence, grammaticalization, and the typological extension of perfect constructions cross-linguistically. One focal point is the so-called aoristic drift, where the perfect comes to resemble the simple past or aorist (often via the hodiernal ‘today’ reading). The semantics and pragmatics of perfects are also investigated through their interaction with other categories (e.g. negation, mood). Over time some perfects undergo auxiliary doubling or omission, or the auxiliary becomes subject to selection. These facts also receive special attention in this book, presenting new insights on perfects in both well-studied as well as very understudied languages.

Author : Alana Johns,Diane Massam,Juvenal Ndayiragije
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781402041884

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Ergativity by Alana Johns,Diane Massam,Juvenal Ndayiragije Pdf

The overarching theme of this volume is the formal expression of the range and limits of ergativity. The book contains cutting-edge theoretical papers by top authors in the field, who also conduct original field work and bring new data to light. It contains articles that apply the most recent theoretical tools to the area of ergativity, and then explore the issues that emerge. Languages investigated in the text include Basque, Georgian, and Hindi.

Author : Lieven Jozef Maria Danckaert
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027255679

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Latin Embedded Clauses by Lieven Jozef Maria Danckaert Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2424 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Languages, Modern
ISBN : PSU:000057119687

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MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Comparative linguistics
ISBN : UOM:49015003136844

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Language by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sharynne McLeod
Publisher : Delmar Thomson Learning
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015069331273

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The International Guide to Speech Acquisition by Sharynne McLeod Pdf

The International Guide to Speech Acquisition is a comprehensive guide that is ideal for speech-language pathologists working with children from a wide variety of language backgrounds. Offering coverage on 12 English-speaking dialects and 24 languages other than English, you will find the information you need to identify children who are having speech difficulties and provide age-appropriate prevention and intervention targets.

Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1884 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Bibliography, National
ISBN : UOM:39015066099196

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The British National Bibliography by Arthur James Wells Pdf