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1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Language, apart from its cultural and social dimension, has a scientific side that is connected not only to the study of 'grammar' in a more or less traditional sense, but also to disciplines like mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. This book explores developments in linguistic theory, looking in particular at the theory of generative grammar from the perspective of the natural sciences. It highlights the complex and dynamic nature of language, suggesting that a comprehensive and full understanding of such a species-specific property will only be achieved through interdisciplinary work. |
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Cover; Half Title; Title page; Imprints page; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I The Computational Component; 1 Deriving Multiple "Object" Constructions; 1 The Lay of the Land; 2 Deriving Structure; 3 Virtues; 4 Some Complications: Alternate Underlying Configurations; 4.1 Binding; 4.2 Possessor Effects; 5 Conclusion; References; 2 Verbal Complex Formation and Overt Subjects in Infinitivals in Spanish; 1 Introduction; 2 On the Position of Postverbal Subjects in Infinitival Clauses: A Comparison of Catalan and Spanish |
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3 The V S INF XP and V INF S XP and Control3.1 The V S INF XP Order; 3.2 Some Objections to Backward Control Analysis for the V INF S XP Orders; 4 Towards a Phrasal Movement Analysis of Postverbal Subjects with Infinitives in Spanish; 5 On the High Position of Subject in VSO Structures and V INF S O; 5.1 Leftward Movement of Quantifiers and the Position of the Subject; 5.2 The Special Behavior of Pronominal Elements and the Auxiliary Have Plus Past Participle; 6 The Problem of Locality in These Verbal Complexes; 7 Conclusions; References; 3 Two Families of Questions |
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1 WhIsland Escape and Related Matters2 Family of Questions Readings: A Constraint and a Loophole; 3 In Lieu of a Conclusion; References; 4 ContextSensitive Aspects of Constituent Negation; 1 Sequences of Neg+Quantifier Phrase in Spanish; 2 Asymmetries in the Behavior of NEG+QP Sequences; 2.1 Word Order: Relative Order between Negation and Case Markers/Prepositions; 2.2 Scales and Constituent Negation; 3 Where Is Negation?; 3.1 Clausal Adverbs; 3.2 The Relative Scope of NEG+QP Sequences with Respect to Intensional Verbs; 3.3 Sentences with Double Negation |
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4 Conclusion: The Underlying Syntactic Structures of NEG+QP Sequences and the Different Position of NegationReferences; 5 Phasehood and Romance Adverbial BecauseClauses; 1 Introduction; 2 Mood Marking; 3 Phases and Clause Transparency; 3.1 TenseDefective Subjunctive Clauses; 3.2 (Because)-Subjunctive Clauses; 3.3 BecauseSubjunctive Clauses and the Left Periphery; 3.4 BecauseClauses and Intonation; 4 Final Remarks; References; 6 NoChoice Parameters, PhiFeatures, and the Structure of DP; 1 Introduction; 2 NoChoice Parameters; 3 Agree and Incorporation; 4 The Structure of DP |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Communication in science.
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Science -- Language.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing. |
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric. |
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills. |
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Communication in science |
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Science -- Language |
| Added Author |
Gallego, Ángel J., editor.
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Martin, Roger, 1967- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHjPGCDBmmmV7wwpWd84q
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781107152946 |
| ISBN |
9781108639194 (electronic bk.) |
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1108639194 (electronic bk.) |
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9781107152946 |
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1107152941 |
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9781316606711 |
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1316606716 |
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9781316591529 |
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1316591522 |
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