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Studies in syntax for Jan Koster

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Structure Preserved
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
Preface
List of works (1971-2010 by Jan Koster
a. author
b. to appear
c. editor
d. unpublished
interviews
Unaccusative verbs in Chinese
1. The canonical concepts of ergativity
2. The basics of the Mandarin Chinese verb system
3. Aspect marking in Chinese
4. Unaccusativity tests
5. Conclusion: Does Chinese derive the unaccusative in the syntax or in the lexicon?
References
Gapping is always forward
References
Focus particle doubling
1. Introduction
2. Focus particle doubling
3. Focus particle doubling and the distributional paradox
4. The trigger of focus particle movement
5. Features of the functional head
References
Wh-drop and recoverability
1. Topic pronoun drop
2. Wh-drop
3. The formal license of wh-drop
4. An impression from Dutch
5. Comparison with L1-acquisition
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Two futures in infinitives
1. Introduction
1.1 Future = modal, or tense and modal
2. Temporal interpretations in Dutch infinitives
2.1 Propositional infinitivals
2.2 Irrealis infinitivals
2.3 The analysis of future oriented infinitivals
3. Auxiliaries in infinitival clauses
3.1 The auxiliary zullen
3.2 Future auxiliary in propositional infinitivals
3.3 No future auxiliary in irrealis infinitivals
4. Conclusion
References
A dynamic perspective on inflection
1. Introduction
2. Deflection
3. Deflection as an L2-phenomenon
4. Deflection in Dutch
References
Is there "preposition stranding in COMP" in Afrikaans? No way!
References
Restructuring verbs and the structure of Spanish clauses
1. The problem
2. Towards a solution
3. Further details
4. One remaining issue
References
Cantonese as a tense second language
1. Introduction
1.1 Core ingredients
2. Cantonese
3. C-domain in Cantonese
References
On a selective "violation" of the Complex NP Constraint
Acknowledgment
References
Dressed numerals and the structure of Universal Numeric Quantifiers
1. Introduction
2. A micro-comparative perspective on UNQ's
3. Numerals and emptiness
4. e as a reflex of Spec-Head agreement
5. Dressed numerical quantifiers
6. Alle as a dressed universal quantifier
7. Alle vier as an instance of first conjunct agreement
8. Conclusion
References
Embedded inversion and successive cyclicity
1. Introduction
2. Belfast English embedded inversion
3. Romance embedded inversion
4. Conclusions
References
Little words don't lie
1. Seeming initial adjuncts in English phrases
2. A simple solution-with surprising consequences
3. Realizing adjuncts with economy of representation
4. The N0 suffixal head on pre-nominal adjectives
5. Null inflectional heads in English: Not really exceptional?
6. Null grammatical N in current English
References
Repairing head-to-head movement
1. A Pied Piping problem
2. The head movement constraint
3. The V0-to-V0 trigger
4. Final restatements
References
On the duality of patterning
1. Introduction
2. Data compression
3. Data transmission
4. The emergence of the duality of patterning and structural complexity
5. Conclusion
References
Reflexive cartography
1. Reflexives in Old English
2. Change in the determiner system
3. Modern English reflexives
References
What does eye-tracking reveal about children's knowledge of linguistic structure?
1. Introduction
2. Pronoun interpretation and linguistic theory
3. Using eye-tracking to assess children's knowledge
4. Children's knowledge of Principle B
5. When evidence does not converge
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Depictives and the word orders of English and Dutch
References
Feature percolation in the Dutch possessive
1. Introduction
2. The problem
3. A solution
References
On the interruption of Verb-Raising clusters by nonverbal material
1. Introduction
2. Break-up of verbal clusters
2.1 Pure head-initial and head-final orders: 123 and 321
2.2 Mixed clusters (head-initial and head -final subclusters)
2.3 Independent evidence: Particles in the verbal cluster in Dutch and Frisian
3. Concerning generalisation (9b) and the relation between sisterhood and linear order
Acknowledgments
References
Referring to yourself in self-talk
1. Introduction
2. Self-talk data
3. The thinking self and the mindless self
4. The performative hypothesis
References
Case-Agreement
1. Introduction
2. Some considerations for the initial plausibility of Case-Agreement
3. Construct State nominals
4. False annexation: A problem that is only apparent
5. Conclusion
References
Syntactic predictions in second-language sentence processing
References
Notes on French and English demonstratives
References
The accusative infinitive in Latin, English and Dutch
1. Limits
2. The accusativus cum infinitivo
3. Ieder meent zijn uil een valk te zijn
4. Why an accusative?
References
Identifying in Dutch
1. Identifying sentences and t-words
2. Properties of Identifying Sentences
3. Wh-questions & answers, anaphors & Topicalisation
limits of contrastive preposing
4. T-word - Verb agreement in ISs
5. The ban on Awh-preposing and on Topicalising ISR complements.
References
What you (and God) only know
References
Is agreement resolution part of core grammar?
1. Introduction
2. Disjoined subjects
3. Conjoined subjects
4. Discussion
References
On Dutch allemaal and West Ulster English all
The basic problem: Q-float in West Ulster English and Dutch
References
The universality of binding principles
1. Introduction
2. Binding and cross-linguistic variation: The issue
2.1. Reflexives and reflexive-marking
2.2 Chains and economy
3. How primitive can languages be? Demystifying 'exotic' languages.
4. By way of conclusion
References
Grappling with Graft
1. Preamble
2. Some examples of grafts
3. Graft is Merge
4. Graft, internally headed relatives, and the theta criterion
5. A typological conjecture
References
Game Theory and the control of empty categories in grammar
1. Introduction
2. Game Theory
2.1 Encapsulated Game Theory and linguistic structure
2.2 Cooperation and partial control
2.3 Cooperation and intentionality
3. Implicit objects
3.1 Reflexives and empty cooperative objects
3.2 Incorporation and evidence for an empty object
4. Counter-examples
4.1 Implicit dative empty categories
4.2 Game Theory application
5. Conclusion
References
Copy what?
1. Introduction
2. The data
2.1 Method
2.2 Results
3. No more copying?
References
Free relatives at the interface
1. The problem
2. Are free relatives really D-headed?
2.1 Determiner morphology on relative operators
2.2 Matching effects
2.3 Locality
2.4 Definiteness
2.5 Problems
3. Free relatives are free!
3.1 Predictions and consequences
3.2 Open ends
Menace under the microscope
1. Introduction
2. Basic Puzzle: Control Shift
3. Raising and Control
4. The Control Shift puzzle: Logic and outline of a solution
5. Beyond menacer
6. Still further inward: Beyond Agents
References
Case-alignment and verb placement
1. Goals
2. Reinterpreting Burzio's Generalization
3. The nanosyntax of case
4. Ergativity
5. Ergative EA in Nom/Acc-languages
6. Raising to Acc
7. Ergativity and constituent order
References
Diminutive Ks?
1. Diminutive morphemes and morphological percolation
2. Distribution of diminutive forms and inflection
3. Problems
4. Conclusions
Don't forget the determiners, Jan
References
Empty subjects and empty objects
1. Subject clauses
2. Specification/parallel construal
3. Specification of zero subjects (versus dislocation)
Island Fever
References
Something else on variables in syntax
1. Introduction
2. Synopsis
3. Focus
4. The relevance of focus
5. Strict and sloppy identity
6. Binding is something else
7. Conclusion
References
Language index
Name index
Subject index
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