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More and more, "constructions" decomposed into the epiphenomenal interplay of encapsulated mini-theories: X Theory, Binding Theory, Bounding Theory, Case Theory, Theta Theory, and so on.

Current Issues in Comparative Grammar illustrates the diversity and productivity of research within the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar.

2 Binding Theory 52 3. 2 Constituent Fronting 60 3. 2 Word Order Constraints: Kashmiri Phrase Structure 64 3. 2 Postpositions 67 3. 2 ki-Clauses 98 4. 2 V3 Clauses 102 4. 2 Interrogative Clauses 107 4. 2 Some Exceptional Orders 116 vm 4. 2 Yes/No Questions 120 V-Final Order 4. 2 121 4. 2 Nonfinite Clauses 126 4.

Austronesian languages have long raised interesting questions for generative theories of syntax and morphology. The papers in this volume show that as formal theories become more precise, a wider range of language data can be captured, and as the inventory of language data grows, the accuracy of formal linguistic theories improves.

This book combines several strands of my work, both individually and in collaboration with various people, over the last couple of years.

The articles collected in this book are concerned with the issues of restrictiveness and learnability within generative grammar, specifically, within Chomsky's 'Extended Standard Theory'.

Morphosyntax of Verb Movement discusses the phenomenon of Dutch, present in many Germanic languages, that the finite verb is fronted in main clauses but not in embedded clauses.

This book analyzes the structure of coordination from two perspectives: the symmetrical properties the construction imposes on its conjuncts, and how conjuncts interact with other categories outside coordination with respect to agreement and other grammatical phenomena.

Covers major aspects of clause structure in a variety of South Asian languages. This work provides analyses of several aspects of phrase structure of many prominent South Asian languages; gives treatment of several important issues in South Asian syntax and semantics; and contains papers by prominent linguists working on South Asian languages.

Provides a comprehensive overview and covers major aspects of clause structure in a variety of South Asian languages. This title offers an analyses of several aspects of phrase structure of many prominent South Asian languages.

The Navajo language is spoken by the Navajo people who live in the Navajo Nation, located in Arizona and New Mexico in the southwestern United States.

It is of interest to historical linguists, researchers into OT and linguistic theory, and phonologists and syntacticians with an interest in historical change.

This volume offers a selection of interface studies in generative linguistics, a valuable "one-stop shopping" opportunity for readers interested in the ways in which the various modules of linguistic analysis intersect and interact.

This volume contributes to a major area of research in linguistics of the last decade, and provides novel, state-of-the-art views on some of the central topics in linguistic research, and will appeal to an audience of graduate and advanced undergraduate researchers in linguistics, philosophy of language and computational linguistics.

xv NOTES ON THE ORTHOGRAPHY AND CITATIONS xxi LIST OF ABBREVIA TIONS XXIIl CHAPTER 1: GRAMMATICAL NOTES 1 1. Introduction 1 2. Basics 1 3. Major Lexical Classes 2 3. V 3 3. N 3 3. Prepredicate Position 18 19 Notes CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL SKETCH 20 20 1. Arcs vii Vlll T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Sets of Grammatical Relations 22 1.

Explores the question of whether the notion of periphery has any real theoretical bite. This title addresses: the question of the fine-grainedness of syntactic representations, the relevance of syntactic edges to locality and semantic interpretation, and the nature of the dependencies connecting peripheral elements to the syntactic core.

This monograph probes the structure of the verb phrase through a cross-linguistic investigation of the syntax and morphology of relevant constructions. Evidence is provided for two event-related non-lexical projections called "inner aspect" and "event".

The book discusses some of the major grammatical constructions of Japanese in a version of phrase structure grammar called Japanese Phrase Structure Grammar (JPSG), which is loosely based on such frameworks for phrase structure grammar as Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar (GPSG) and Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG).

Chapter 3 analyzes the word order phenomenon traditionally called 'sentence inter- I twining' of complex sentences, and shows that the term, in fact, covers two different constructions (a structure resulting from operator movement, and a base generated pattern) with differences in constituent order, operator scope and V-object agreement.

This is the most comprehensive book to date on word formation in terms of scope of topics, schools and theoretical positions. All contributions were written by the leading scholars in their respective areas.

This book is based in large part on fieldwork that I conducted in Brittany and Wales in 1983 and 1985. I am hopeful that this book will help stimulate more interest in the Celtic languages and culture, and assist, even in a small way, those in Wales and Brittany who struggle to keep their language and culture strong.

V2 AND NULL SUBJECTS IN THE HIS TORY OF FRENCH The prototypical Romance null subject language has certain well known characteristics: verbal inflection is rich, distinguishing six per sonlnumber forms;

In recent years, numerous important innovations in generative grammar have originated within the field of Germanic syntax. The 13 comparative studies in this volume aim to demonstrate how much the field has grown both in quantity and quality within the last decade.

Cantonese, the lingua franca of Hong Kong and its neighboring province, has an unusually rich repertoire of verbal particles. The author shows how these verbal suffixes display a unique interplay of syntax and semantics: used in a sentence with no focus, they quantify items flexibly, according to an accessibility hierarchy;