Configurationality in Hungarian

Configurationality in Hungarian by Katalin E. Kiss.

The purpose of this book is to argue for the claim that Hungarian sentence structure consists of a non-configurational propositional component, preceded by configurationally determined operator positions. In the course of this, various descriptive issues of Hungarian syntax will be analyzed, and var...

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Main Author: Kiss, Katalin E. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1987.
Edition:1st ed. 1987.
Series:Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 3
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Linguistics.
Syntax.
Balto-Slavic languages.
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Table of Contents:
  • 0. Introduction
  • 1 Previous Analyses of Hungarian Phrase Structure
  • 1.1. The ‘Free Word Order’, or Fully Non-configurational Approach
  • 1.2. The ‘NP VP’, or Fully Configurational Approach
  • 1.3. The Partially Non-configurational Approach
  • 2 Hungarian Phrase Structure
  • 2.1. The Invariant Positions of the Hungarian Sentence
  • 2.2. Base Rules
  • 2.3. Movement into F
  • 2.4. Movement into T
  • 2.5. Quantifier-Raising
  • 2.6. Summary, Implications for Universal Grammar
  • 3 Long Wh-movement, or the Traditional Problem of Sentence Intertwining
  • 3.1. Long Wh-movement as a Test for Structural Configuration
  • 3.2. Sentence Intertwining in Hungarian
  • 3.3. Subject-Object Symmetry in Hungarian Long Operator Movement
  • 3.4. Conclusion
  • 4 Questions of Binding and Coreference
  • 4.1. Binding in Hungarian
  • 4.2. The Coreference of Pronouns
  • 4.3. Weak Crossover
  • 4.4. Conclusion
  • 5 Infinitival Constructions
  • 5.1. Infinitives with an AGR Marker
  • 5.2. Subject Control Constructions
  • 5.3. The Problem of Governed PRO
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Index of Names
  • General Index.

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