
Parameters and Functional Heads
Essays in Comparative Syntax
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 5. September 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-19-508794-9 (ISBN)
Description
The essays collected in this volume, most previously unpublished, address a number of closely interconnected issues raised by the comparative syntax of functional heads within the Principles and Parameters approach.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.
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This book may be mainly of interest to the formal theorist, but the insights gained are relevant to the non-major languages that field linguists are working on as well. * Notes on Linguistics *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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line figures
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
509 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-508794-9 (9780195087949)
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Persons
Editor
Professor of ItalianProfessor of Italian
Professor of LinguisticsProfessor of Linguistics, both at University of Geneva