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1 online resource |
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Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 0166-0829 ; v. 216 |
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Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today ; v. 216
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| Contents |
Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon; Editorial page ; Title page ; LCC data ; Dedication page ; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations ; Chapter 1. Introduction ; 1.1 Background ; 1.2 Merge (concatenation and labeling) ; 1.3 Outlook ; Chapter 2. Nominal root compounds ; 2.1 Nominal root compounds: A (crosslinguistic) overview ; 2.2 Nominal root compounds in German -- The data ; 2.3 Analyzing nominal root compounds ; 2.3.1 The root compounding parameter and the abstract clitic hypothesis ; 2.3.2 Towards an analysis of the German data ; 2.3.3 Syntactic and lexical word-formation? |
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2.3.4 Phases and the SMT: Towards explaining interface effects 2.3.5 Incorporation: z-features and phases ; 2.4 Conclusion ; Chapter 3. The nominalizing of nominalizations ; 3.1 The conundrum ; 3.2 The pattern ; 3.3 Towards a structural analysis ; 3.3.1 Non-incorporated non-pluralized nominal gerunds ; 3.3.2 Incorporated non-pluralized nominal gerunds ; 3.3.3 Non-incorporated pluralized nominal gerunds ; 3.3.4 Incorporated pluralized nominal gerunds ; 3.4 Corroborating the analysis: Data from German ; 3.4.1 German nominalized infinitives ; 3.4.2 German Nominalizations in -ung |
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3.5 Conclusion Chapter 4. Small clauses (and Verb-particle constructions) ; 4.1 The data ; 4.2 Towards a definition of SCs ; 4.2.1 The general picture: Two interfaces -- two paths? ; 4.2.2 Pursuing a S-M based analysis: Moro (2000) ; 4.2.3 Pursuing a C-I based analysis: Den Dikken (2006; 2007a; b) ; 4.3 Reconsidering XP -- XP merger: Insights from the H-Ü schema ; 4.4 SCs and the H-Ü schema ; 4.5 Basic structures and multiple wh-fronting data ; 4.6 *Enter Phase ; 4.7 Conclusion ; Chapter 5. Theoretical implications ; 5.1 Head-movement in narrow syntax ; 5.2 Phases ; 5.3 z-Features |
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Chapter 6. Conclusion References; Index |
| Summary |
This book is a research monograph that explores the implications of the strongest minimalist thesis from an antisymmetric perspective. Three empirical domains are investigated: nominal root compounds in German and English, nominal gerunds in English and their German counterparts, and small clauses in Russian and English. A point of symmetry that has the potential of stalling the derivation emerges in the derivation of all of these constructions. Building on certain assumptions on how Merge works, this book shows that the points of symmetry can all be resolved in the same way; despite the fact |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
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Lexical-functional grammar.
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English language -- Syntax.
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German language -- Syntax
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Russian language -- Syntax
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English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- German
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English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Russian
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- German
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English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Russian
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English language -- Syntax
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German language -- Syntax
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Lexical-functional grammar
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Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
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Russian language -- Syntax
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014011671 |
| ISBN |
9789027270122 |
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9027270120 |
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1306893437 |
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9781306893435 |
