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Author : Guglielmo Cinque
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108479707
Drawing on a wide range of languages, Cinque argues that all relative clause types derive from a single, double-headed, structure.
Author : Artemis Alexiadou
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027227535
This book presents a cross-section of recent generative research into the syntax of relative clauses constructions. Most of the papers collected here react in some way to Kayne's (1994) proposal to handle relative clauses in terms of determiner complementation and raising of the relativized nominal. The editors provide a thorough introduction of these proposals, their background and motivations, arguments for and against. There are detailed studies in the syntax and the semantics of relative clauses constructions in Latin, Ancient Greek, Romanian, Hindi, (Old) English, Old High German, (dialects of) Dutch, Turkish, Swedish, and Japanese. The book should be of interest to any linguist working within generative syntax.
Author : Mark de Vries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029792046
Author : D. Kathryn Weintraub
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : English language
ISBN : UOM:39015029772517
Author : Evan Kidd
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027234780
Explaining the acquisition and processing of relative clauses has long challenged psycholinguistics researchers. The current volume presents a collection of chapters that consider the acquisition of relative clauses with a particular focus on function, typology, and language processing. A diverse range of theoretical approaches and languages are bought to bear on the acquisition of this construction type, making the volume unique in its coverage. The volume will appeal to students and scholars whose interest lies in the acquisition and processing of syntax with a particular focus on complex sentences in crosslinguistic and functionalist perspective.
Author : Rachel Hendery
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027273680
This book presents a comprehensive survey of historically attested relative clause constructions from a diachronic typological perspective. Systematic integration of historical data and a typological approach demonstrates how typology and historical linguistics can each benefit from attention to the other. The diachronic behaviour of relative clauses is mapped across a broad range of genetically and geographically diverse languages. Central to the discussion is the strength of evidence for what have previously been claimed to be ‘natural’ or even ‘universal’ pathways of change. While many features of relative clause constructions are found to be remarkably stable over long periods of time, it is shown that language contact seems to be the crucial factor that does trigger change when it occurs. These results point to the importance of incorporating the effects of language contact into models of language change rather than viewing contact situations as exceptional. The findings of this study have implications for the definition of relative clauses, their syntactic structures and the relationships between the different ‘subtypes’ of this construction, as well as offering new directions for the integration of typological and historical linguistic research.
Author : Manfred Krifka,Mathias Schenner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783050095158
Reconstruction effects in relative clauses are a class of phenomena where the external head of the relative clause seems to behave as if it occupied a position within the relative clause, as far as some commonly accepted principle of grammar is concerned. An often cited type of example is “The [relative of his] [which every man admires most] is his mother.”, where the pronoun “his” in the relative head appears to be bound by the quantified noun phrase “every man” in the relative clause – although the latter does not c-command the former, which is commonly required for binding. Several solutions have been developed in various theoretical frameworks. One interesting aspect about reconstruction effects in relative clauses is that they can be used as a benchmark for competing theories of grammar: Which architecture of the syntax-semantics interface can provide the most satisfying explanation for these phenomena? This volume brings together researchers working in different frameworks but looking at the same set of empirical facts, enabling the reader to develop their own perspective on the perfect tradeoff between syntax and semantics in a theory of grammar.
Author : Avery D. Andrews III
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781315461151
This title, first published in 1985, is an investigation of certain aspects of the syntax of relative and comparative clauses. The author provides a typological survey of relative clauses in the languages of the world which serves both to convey a general impression of what relative clauses are like in the languages of the world, and to establish certain phenomena that are of theoretical import. The author also examines comparative clauses, and integrates the material given with that presented for relatives. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
Author : Bernard Comrie,Zarina Estrada Fernández
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027206831
Patterns of relative clause formation tend to vary according to the typological properties of a language. Highly polysynthetic languages tend to have fully nominalized relative clauses and no relative pronouns, while other typologically diverse languages tend to have relative clauses which are similar to main or independent clauses. Languages of the Americas, with their rich genetic diversity, have all been under the influence of European languages, whether Spanish, English or Portuguese, a situation that may be expected to have influenced their grammatical patterns. The present volume focuses on two tasks: The first deals with the discussion of functional principles related to relative clause formation: diachrony and paths of grammaticalization, simplicity vs. complexity, and formalization of rules to capture semantic-syntactic correlations. The second provides a typological overview of relative clauses in nine different languages going from north to south in the Americas.
Author : Guglielmo Cinque
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317691242
In this book, Cinque takes a generative perspective on typological questions relating to word order and to the syntax of relative clauses. In particular, Cinque looks at: the position of the Head vis à vis the relative clause in relation to the position of the verb vis à vis his object; a general cross-linguistic analysis of correlatives; the need to distinguish a sentence-grammar, from a discourse-grammar, type of non-restrictives (with languages differing as to whether they possess both, one, the other, or neither); a selective type of extraction from relative clauses; and a tentative sketch of a more ample work in progress on a unified analysis of externally headed, internally headed, and headless relative clauses.
Author : Andrew Radford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108492805
A sophisticated analysis of non-standard relative clauses in everyday English, using novel data from live, unscripted radio/TV broadcasts and the internet.
Author : Christopher Douglas Culy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004922782
Author : Paul Kroeger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521016541
Analyzing Syntax: A Lexical-Functional Approach is a comprehensive and accessible textbook on syntactic analysis, designed for students of linguistics at advanced undergraduate or graduate level. Working within the Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) approach, it provides students with a framework for analyzing and describing grammatical structure, using extensive examples from both European and non-European languages. Topics covered include: tests for constituency, passivization and other relation-changing processes, reflexive pronouns, the control relation, Topic and Focus, relative clauses and Wh-questions, causative constructions, serial verbs, quirky case , and ergativity. As well as building on what linguists have learned about language in general, particular attention is paid to the unique features of individual languages. While its primary focus is on syntactic structure, the book also deals with aspects of meaning, function and word-structure that are directly relevant to syntax. Clearly organised into topics, this textbook is ideal for one-semester courses in syntax and grammatical analysis.
Author : Heike Walker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:971240460
This dissertation provides a comprehensive account of the grammar of relative clause extraposition in English. Based on a systematic review and evaluation of the empirical generalizations and theoretical approaches provided in the literature on generative grammar, it is shown that none of the previous theories is able to account for all the relevant facts. Among the most problematic data are the Principle C and scope effects of relative clause extraposition, cases with obligatory relative clauses, and relative clauses with elliptical NPs as antecedents. I propose a new analysis of relative clause extraposition within the constraint-based, monostratal grammatical framework of Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG), enhanced with the semantic theory of Lexical Resource Semantics (LRS). Crucially, it is a general analysis of relative clause attachment, since both canonical and extraposed relative clauses are licensed by the same syntactic and semantic constraints. The basic assumption is that a relative clause can be adjoined to any phrase that contains a suitable antecedent of the relative pronoun. The semantic information that licenses the relative clause is introduced by the determiner of the antecedent NP. The techniques of underspecified semantics and the standard semantic representation language used by LRS make it possible to formulate constraints which yield the correct intersective interpretation of the relative clause (arbitrarily distant from its antecedent NP) and at the same time link the scope of the antecedent NP to the adjunction site of the relative clause. In combination with the revised HPSG binding theory developed in this dissertation, the proposed analysis is able to capture the major properties of relative clause attachment within a unified and internally consistent monostratal constraint-based grammatical framework.
Author : Andrew Radford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108839549
A readable introduction to English syntax and syntactic theory, argumentation and description, suitable for students with little prior knowledge.