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Main Author: Culicover, Peter W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2005
Series:Oxford linguistics
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [548]-574) and index
1 - Why simpler syntax? -- - 2 - How did we get here? : principles and early history of mainstream syntax -- - 3 - Later history of mainstream syntax -- - 4 - Flat structure -- - 5 - Basic clause structure -- - 6 - The grammatical function tier -- - 7 - Bare argument ellipsis and its relatives -- - 8 - VP ellipsis and its relatives -- - 9 - Discontinuous dependencies -- - 10 - Mme Tussaud meets the binding theory -- - 11 - Something else for the binding theory -- - 12 - The semantic basis of control in English -- - 13 - Semantic subordination despite syntactic coordination -- - 14 - The view from the periphery : the English comparative correlative -- - 15 - What is language like? : moving on
Offering a compelling perspective on the structure of the human language, this book addresses the proper balance between syntax and semantics, between structure and derivation, and between rule systems and lexicon. It argues that the balance struck by mainstream generative grammar is wrong
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 589 p.)
ISBN:0191533807
9780191533808

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