A Derivational Approach to Syntactic Relations
Published on 19. November 1998
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-19-511114-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the central concept of "syntactic relation" arguing that certain fundamental relations such as c-command, dominance and checking relations can be explained within a derivational approach to structure-building. The result is a level-free model of syntax in which derivations, rather than phrase-markers, undergo aemantic/phonological interpretation.
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This study develops a bold and intriguing hypothesis about the nature of language that reduces a wide range of empirical phenomena to a restrictive notion of pure derivation, with intriguing and highly suggestive results. It marks an important step forward in the recent efforts to show that conceptually natural principles of great generality carry us far in understanding the apparent complexity and diversity of human languages. * Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-511114-9 (9780195111149)
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Samuel D. Epstein | Erich M. Groat | Ruriko Kawashima
A Derivational Approach to Syntactic Relations
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11/1998
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Persons
Author
Associate Professor of LinguisticsAssociate Professor of Linguistics, University of Michigan
Visiting Assistant Professor of LinguisticsVisiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics, City University of New York
Lecturer in EnglishLecturer in English, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan
Assistant Professor, Institute of Cultural and Linguistic StudiesAssistant Professor, Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies, Keio University, Japan