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Author Emonds, Joseph E.

Title Discovering syntax : clause structures of english, german, and romance / by Joseph E. Emonds.

Publication Info. New York : Mouton de Gruyter, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 393 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in generative grammar ; 93
Studies in generative grammar ; 93.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-393).
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Contents Cover -- Contents -- Prologue to Discovering Syntax -- Chapter 1. Types of syntactic categories and features -- Chapter 2. The restricted complement space of lexical frames -- Chapter 3. The autonomy of the (syntactic) lexicon and syntax: Insertion conditions for derivational and inflectional morphemes -- Chapter 4. Secondary predication, stationary particles, and silent prepositions -- Chapter 5. Projecting indirect objects -- Chapter 6. The flat structure economy of semi-lexical heads -- Chapter 7. How clitics license null phrases: A theory of the lexical interface -- Chapter 8. English indirect passives -- Chapter 9. A theory of phrase structure based on Extended Projections -- Chapter 10. The lower operator position with parasitic gaps -- Chapter 11. Unspecified categories as the key to root constructions -- Backmatter.
Summary The essays in this volume, dating from 1991 onwards, focus on highly characteristic constructions of English, Romance languages, and German. Among clause-internal structures, the most puzzling are English double objects, particle constructions, and non-f.
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Subject Languages, Modern -- Syntax.
Languages, Modern -- Syntax.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Emonds, Joseph E. Discovering syntax. New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2007 (DLC) 2007007837
ISBN 9783110207521 (electronic book)
3110207524 (electronic book)
128219688X
9781282196889
9783110186826 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
3110186829 (cloth ; alkaline paper)