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Author Grohmann, Kleanthes K.

Title Prolific domains : on the anti-locality of movement dependencies / Kleanthes K. Grohmann.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 369 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 6
Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 66.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prolific Domains; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Epigraph; Table of contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Locality in grammar; Rigorous Minimalism and Anti-Locality; Anti-Locality in anaphoric dependencies; Copy Spell Out and left dislocation; The Anti-Locality of clitic left dislocation; Prolific Domains in the nominal layer; Successive cyclicity revisited; A note on dynamic syntax; Final remarks; References; Name index; Language index; Subject index; The series LINGUISTIK AKTUELL/LINGUISTICS TODAY.
Summary Standard conceptions of Locality aim to establish that a dependency between two positions may not span too long a distance. This book explores the opposite conception, Anti-Locality: Don't move too close. The model of clause structure, syntactic computation, and locality concerns Kleanthes Grohmann develops makes crucial use of derivational sub-domains, Prolific Domains, each encapsulating particular context information (thematic, agreement, discourse). The Anti-Locality Hypothesis is the attempt to exclude anti-local movement from the grammar by banning movement within a Prolific Domain, a Ba.
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Grohmann, Kleanthes K. Prolific domains. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2003 1588114414 9781588114419 (DLC) 2003055681 (OCoLC)52942934
ISBN 9789027295781 (electronic book)
9027295786 (electronic book)
9781588114419 (U.S. ; hardback ; alkaline paper)
1588114414 (U.S. ; hardback ; alkaline paper)
9027227896 (Eur. ; alkaline paper)
9789027227898 (Eur. ; alkaline paper)
1588114414 (acid-free paper)