Title Local Instability : Split Topicalization and Quantifier Float in German.

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Series	Linguistische Arbeiten ; v.544
	Linguistische Arbeiten.
Summary	This monograph explores some consequences of the abandonment of phrase-structure grammar in favor of a Merge-based syntax, which dispenses with the notion of 'projection.' This reduced architecture is shown to shed new light on two long-standing problems in syntactic theory: split topicalization and quantifier float are analyzed as deriving from underlying exocentric (label-less) constituents in argument or adjunct position, which necessitate symmetry-breaking displacement. The analysis developed in this work thus constitutes an important step towards a more minimal syntax.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index.
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Subject	German language -- Locative constructions.
	German language -- Locative constructions.
	German language.
	German language -- Syntax.
	German language -- Syntax.
	German language -- Quantifiers.
	German language -- Grammar.
	German language -- Grammar.
	Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
	Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: 9783110290370
ISBN	9783110290950
	3110290952
	9783110290370 (alkaline paper)
	3110290375 (alkaline paper)