| Description |
1 online resource (266 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today (LA),
0166-0829 ;
volume 259
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 259.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Silent arguments as elliptic arguments -- The silent syntax of silent arguments -- Cross-linguistic investigations into silent arguments -- Silent arguments = Overtly empty but covertly complex -- Concluding remarks and additional issues. |
| Summary |
"Theoretical linguistics in the generative tradition has payed much attention to issues related to silence - children know the syntax of silence despite the fact that they do not have direct access to it throughout their language acquisition process. One of the issues that have been hotly discussed regarding silence in natural languages is whether it involves syntactic structure or not. This book is concerned with a particular instance of silence in natural languages, what is called radical pro-drop, showing that it is silently structured on the basis of novel data from Japanese as well as Chinese, Korean, Mongolian, and Turkish. The discussion in this book also has consequences for the dichotomy between PF-deletion vs. LF-copying, shedding a new light on the proper analysis of several syntactic phenomena in Japanese, including wh-in-situ and control"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Null subject.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Null subject. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Ellipsis.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Ellipsis. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronoun.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronoun. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Anaphora (Linguistics)
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Anaphora (Linguistics) |
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Generative grammar.
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Generative grammar. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sakamoto, Yuta. Silently structured silent argument Amsterdam ; Philaddelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020] 9789027205490 (DLC) 2020006111 |
| ISBN |
9789027261229 electronic book |
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9027261229 electronic book |
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9789027205490 hardcover |
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