Ebook: Current Issues in Comparative Grammar

Current Issues in Comparative Grammar illustrates the diversity and productivity of research within the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar. In combination, the papers in this volume address a rich and varied set of issues in the study of comparative grammar, including the theories of binding, case and government, the parametric effects of inflection, the syntactic properties of infinitival constructions, the analysis of expletives and of clitics, and the interpretation of anaphoric properties at the level of Logical Form. The collection employs several different research strategies, ranging from a broad survey of related constructions in a wide range of languages to the close analysis of an unusual construction in a single language and its consequences for the theory of Universal Grammar. Some of the papers collected here are commentaries on others, or responses to commentaries.

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Current Issues in Comparative Grammar illustrates the diversity and productivity of research within the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar. In combination, the papers in this volume address a rich and varied set of issues in the study of comparative grammar, including the theories of binding, case and government, the parametric effects of inflection, the syntactic properties of infinitival constructions, the analysis of expletives and of clitics, and the interpretation of anaphoric properties at the level of Logical Form. The collection employs several different research strategies, ranging from a broad survey of related constructions in a wide range of languages to the close analysis of an unusual construction in a single language and its consequences for the theory of Universal Grammar. Some of the papers collected here are commentaries on others, or responses to commentaries.

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Current Issues in Comparative Grammar illustrates the diversity and productivity of research within the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar. In combination, the papers in this volume address a rich and varied set of issues in the study of comparative grammar, including the theories of binding, case and government, the parametric effects of inflection, the syntactic properties of infinitival constructions, the analysis of expletives and of clitics, and the interpretation of anaphoric properties at the level of Logical Form. The collection employs several different research strategies, ranging from a broad survey of related constructions in a wide range of languages to the close analysis of an unusual construction in a single language and its consequences for the theory of Universal Grammar. Some of the papers collected here are commentaries on others, or responses to commentaries.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Role of the Antecedent in Anaphoric Relations....Pages 1-45
Inflection and Parametric Variation: Portuguese vs. Spanish....Pages 46-80
PRO and pro: Comments on Quicoli....Pages 81-90
Inflection and Empty Categories: Response to Safir’s Comments....Pages 91-100
Experiencers and Raising Verbs....Pages 101-120
NP-Movement and “Restructuring”....Pages 121-147
Some Other Possible Cases of Nonlocal Dependencies: Comments on The Paper by Jaklin Kornfilt....Pages 148-161
Case and Expletives: Notes Toward a Parametric Account....Pages 162-189
Notes on Case and Expletives: A Discussion of Lasnik’s Paper....Pages 190-202
Comments on Relativized Minimality....Pages 203-225
‘Long’ WH-Movements and Referentiality....Pages 226-248
On the Characterization and Effects of D-Linking: Comments on Cinque....Pages 249-256
Determiner Clitic Placement....Pages 257-295
Head Movement, Cliticization, Precompilation, and Word Insertion (Comments on Uriagereka’s Paper)....Pages 296-337
A Brief Response....Pages 338-345
Two Cases of Logical Relations: Bound Pronouns and Anaphoric Relations....Pages 346-373
Remarks on Linguistic Scope Comments on Aoun and Li’s Paper....Pages 374-380
Back Matter....Pages 381-384

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Current Issues in Comparative Grammar illustrates the diversity and productivity of research within the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar. In combination, the papers in this volume address a rich and varied set of issues in the study of comparative grammar, including the theories of binding, case and government, the parametric effects of inflection, the syntactic properties of infinitival constructions, the analysis of expletives and of clitics, and the interpretation of anaphoric properties at the level of Logical Form. The collection employs several different research strategies, ranging from a broad survey of related constructions in a wide range of languages to the close analysis of an unusual construction in a single language and its consequences for the theory of Universal Grammar. Some of the papers collected here are commentaries on others, or responses to commentaries.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Role of the Antecedent in Anaphoric Relations....Pages 1-45
Inflection and Parametric Variation: Portuguese vs. Spanish....Pages 46-80
PRO and pro: Comments on Quicoli....Pages 81-90
Inflection and Empty Categories: Response to Safir’s Comments....Pages 91-100
Experiencers and Raising Verbs....Pages 101-120
NP-Movement and “Restructuring”....Pages 121-147
Some Other Possible Cases of Nonlocal Dependencies: Comments on The Paper by Jaklin Kornfilt....Pages 148-161
Case and Expletives: Notes Toward a Parametric Account....Pages 162-189
Notes on Case and Expletives: A Discussion of Lasnik’s Paper....Pages 190-202
Comments on Relativized Minimality....Pages 203-225
‘Long’ WH-Movements and Referentiality....Pages 226-248
On the Characterization and Effects of D-Linking: Comments on Cinque....Pages 249-256
Determiner Clitic Placement....Pages 257-295
Head Movement, Cliticization, Precompilation, and Word Insertion (Comments on Uriagereka’s Paper)....Pages 296-337
A Brief Response....Pages 338-345
Two Cases of Logical Relations: Bound Pronouns and Anaphoric Relations....Pages 346-373
Remarks on Linguistic Scope Comments on Aoun and Li’s Paper....Pages 374-380
Back Matter....Pages 381-384
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