Simpler syntax / Peter W. Culicover, Ray Jackendoff.

By:

Culicover, Peter W

Contributor(s):

Jackendoff, Ray, 1945-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford linguisticsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 589 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780199271092
0199271097
9780191533808
0191533807
9780199271085
0199271089
1282199560
9781282199569

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Simpler syntax.DDC classification:

415 22

LOC classification:

P291 .C796 2005eb

Other classification:

08.34

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Series statement on jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 548-574) and index.

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.

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