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Author Samo, Giuseppe, author

Title A criterial approach to the cartography of V2 / Giuseppe Samo
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]

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Series Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; volume 257
Linguistik aktuell ; volume 257. 0166-0829
Contents Cartography and V2 languages -- A criterial approach to V2 and its predictive power -- Micro-parametric variation in creating spec-head configurations -- Micro-parametric variation in creating spec-head configurations : a qualitative analysis of V3 involving internally merged items -- Higher than ForceP : V3 orders in multiple-clause structures -- Criterial V2 and microvariation in embedded contexts -- Recap and conclusions : a criterial model to V
Summary "This volume provides a mechanism to uncover the extremely rich split-CP of V2 languages, in both root and embedded clauses, on the basis of theoretical arguments and empirical findings. The movement of the inflected verbal head is triggered to agree with the profiled informational value of the fronted XP. The V2 "constraint" shall thus be observed as a sum of micro-V2s, in which the inflected head creates Spec-Head configurations with the activated criterial positions in the relevant context. The "second linear" position of the verb results from the movement of the inflected verb to the highest activated criterial head. In other words, there is no "bottleneck effect", but ordinary violations in terms of locality between fronted XPs. This monograph is aimed principally at postgraduate students and researchers interested in the description of natural languages adopting the guidelines of the Cartography of Syntactic Structures"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 11, 2019)
Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019037014
ISBN 9789027261878
9027261873