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Author Ura, Hiroyuki.

Title Checking theory and grammatical functions in universal grammar / Hiroyuki Ura.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Oxford studies in comparative syntax
Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
Note A substantially Revision of the author's thesis, MIT, Feb. 1996.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-309) and index.
Contents Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Active/Inverse Voice Alternation; 3. Anti-Impersonal Passives; 4. Dative Subject Constructions; 5. Locative Inversion; 6. Ergativity and Its Typological Variation; 7. Double Object Constructions; 8. Object Shift in Japanese; 9. Conclusion and Further Issues; References; Index.
Summary Hiroyuki Ura demonstrates that his theory of multiple feature-checking, an extension of Chomsky's AGR-less checking theory, gives a natural explanation for a wide range of data drawn from a variety of languages in a very consistent way with a limited set of parameters.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Generative grammar.
Generative grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ura, Hiroyuki. Checking theory and grammatical functions in universal grammar. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 0195118383 0195118391 (DLC) 99023232 (OCoLC)41108465
ISBN 1423759893 (electronic book)
9781423759898 (electronic book)
1602562571
9781602562578
9780195118384 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0195118383 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780195118391 (paper ; alkaline paper)
0195118391 (paper ; alkaline paper)

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