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1 online resource (xii, 555 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 96
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Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 96.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-531) and indexes. |
| Summary |
"This book proposes a theory of the distribution of adverbial adjuncts in a Principles and Parameters framework, claiming that there are a few syntactic principles specific to adverbials; rather, for the most part, adverbials adjoin freely to any projection. Adjuncts' possible hierarchical positions are determined by whether they can receive a proper interpretation, according to their selectional (including scope) requirements and general compositional rules, while linear order is determined by hierarchical position along with a system of directionality principles and morphological weight, both of which apply generally to adjuncts and all other syntactic elements. A wide range of adverbial types is analyzed; predicational adverbs (such as manner, and modal adverbs), domain expressions like financially, temporal, frequency, duration, and focusing adverbials; participant PP's (e.g. locatives and benefactives); resultative and conditional clauses, and others, taken primarily from English, Chinese, French, and Italian, with occasional reference to others (such as German and Japanese)."--Jacket. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Semantics of Predicational Adverbs; 3 The Scopal Basis of Adverb Licensing; 4 Arguments for Right-Adjunction; 5 Noncanonical Orders and the Structure of VP; 6 Event-Internal Adjuncts; 7 Adjunct Licensing in the AuxRange; 8 Adjuncts in Clause-Initial Projections; 9 Conclusions and Prospects; Notes; References; Name Index; Languages Index; Subject Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adverbials.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adverbials. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjuncts.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Adjuncts. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Semantics.
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Semantics. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ernst, Thomas Boyden. Syntax of adjuncts. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 052177134X (DLC) 00065144 (OCoLC)45394075 |
| ISBN |
0511019297 (electronic book) |
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9780511019296 (electronic book) |
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9780511156618 |
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0511156618 |
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9780521771344 |
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052177134X |
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9780511486258 (electronic book) |
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0511486251 (electronic book) |
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9780511049507 (electronic book) |
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0511049501 (electronic book) |
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