Local Instability : Split Topicalization and Quantifier Float in German.

By:

Ott, Dennis

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Linguistische ArbeitenPublication details: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (184 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9783110290950
3110290952
1283628732
9781283628730
9786613941183
6613941182

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

410.18 435

LOC classification:

PF3398.L62 .O88 2012

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Contents:

Frontmatter -- 0 Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Aims and Scope -- 2 Split Topics: Empirical Properties and Theoretical Problems -- 3 The Syntax of Split Topics: A Novel Approach -- 4 An Extension to Quantifer Float -- 5 Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- Index.

Summary: This monograph explores some consequences of the abandonment of phrase-structure grammar in favor of a Merge-based syntax, which dispenses with the notion of 'projection.' This reduced architecture is shown to shed new light on two long-standing problems in syntactic theory: split topicalization and quantifier float are analyzed as deriving from underlying exocentric (label-less) constituents in argument or adjunct position, which necessitate symmetry-breaking displacement. The analysis developed in this work thus constitutes an important step towards a more minimal syntax.

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This monograph explores some consequences of the abandonment of phrase-structure grammar in favor of a Merge-based syntax, which dispenses with the notion of 'projection.' This reduced architecture is shown to shed new light on two long-standing problems in syntactic theory: split topicalization and quantifier float are analyzed as deriving from underlying exocentric (label-less) constituents in argument or adjunct position, which necessitate symmetry-breaking displacement. The analysis developed in this work thus constitutes an important step towards a more minimal syntax.