| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 289 pages) |
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Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 40 |
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Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 40.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1 Superiority and Movement -- 1.1 Superiority as a Condition on Movement -- 1.2 Superiority in Nonmovement structures -- 1.3 Superiority and Movement -- 1.4 Summary -- Chapter 2 Superiority and the Minimal Match Condition -- 2.1 Distinguishing Resumptive Pronouns from Bound Pronouns -- 2.2 The Minimal Match Condition -- 2.3 Superiority and 'Which' Phrases in Lebanese Arabic -- 2.4 The Minimal Match Condition and Other Minimality Conditions -- 2.5 Summary -- Chapter 3 Superiority and Interpretation -- 3.1 Superiority and Weak Crossover -- 3.2 Functional, Distributional, and Pair-List Interpretations -- 3.3 Generating Interpretations -- 3.4 Wh-Quantifiers versus Wh-Variables -- 3.5 Summary -- Chapter 4 Head-Initial Relative Constructions -- 4.1 Promotion versus Matching (Operator Movement) -- 4.2 Relative Constructions in English -- 4.3 Relative Constructions in Lebanese Arabic -- 4.4 Summary -- Chapter 5 Head-Final Relative Constructions -- 5.1 Reconstruction in Chinese Relativization -- 5.2 NP Projection -- 5.3 Adjunction -- 5.4 Complementation structure -- 5.5 Summary -- Chapter 6 Adjunction Structure and Derivation -- 6.1 Derivation -- 6.2 Base-Generation -- 6.3 NP versus Adjunct -- 6.4 Null Operator, Null Head -- 6.5 Resumptive Adjuncts -- 6.6 Gapless structures -- 6.7 Chain Binding? -- 6.8 Summary -- Chapter 7 Typology of Relativization -- 7.1 Universal structure? -- 7.2 Derivation -- A1 The Rescuing Effect of an Additional Wh-Element -- A2 Antisuperiority Effects |
| Summary |
This book can be read on two levels: as a novel empirical study of wh- interrogatives and relative constructions in a variety of languages and as a theoretical investigation of chain formation in grammar. The book is divided into two parts. Part I investigates the distribution and interpretation of multiple wh- interrogative constructions, focusing on the workings of Superiority. Part II investigates the structure and derivation of relative constructions. The main languages discussed are Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, and English. The theoretical materials are in the generative grammar tradition |
| Analysis |
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-283) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Interrogative.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Relative clauses.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Generative grammar.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Generative grammar
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Interrogative
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Relative clauses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Vraagzinnen.
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Afleiding (taalkunde)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Li, Yen-hui Audrey, 1954-
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| ISBN |
9780262267229 |
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0262267225 |
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0585482683 |
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9780585482682 |
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