| Description |
1 online resource (294 pages) |
| Series |
Linguistik aktuell/linguistics today ; v. 179 |
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 179.
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| Contents |
Causatives in Minimalism; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and symbols; Introduction; Contrasts in causatives; Theoretical framework; Exploring root causatives; English causatives with make; Productive causatives; Spanish productive causatives; Concluding remarks; References; Index |
| Summary |
This monograph studies issues of current minimalist concern, such as whether differences in the expression of argument and syntactic structure can all be attributed to the parameterization of specific functional heads. In particular, this book studies in-depth the extent to which variation in the expression of causation, available both intra- and crosslinguistically, can be accounted for by appealing only to the microparameterization of the causative head, Cause, as previously argued for by linguists such as Pylkkänen. It concludes that the microparameterization of Cause may explain some major |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Causative (Linguistics)
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Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Causative (Linguistics)
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Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011014033 |
| ISBN |
9789027286598 |
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9027286590 |
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1283174855 |
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9781283174855 |
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9786613174857 |
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6613174858 |
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