Pronouns, clitics and empty nouns : 'pronominality' and licensing in syntax

Pronouns, clitics and empty nouns : 'pronominality' and licensing in syntax / Phoevos Panagiotidis.

Two issues little discussed in the generative literature are the internal structure of pronouns and what it is in Syntax that triggers pronominal reference. This monograph treats these two topics in detail and investigates whether pronominal (strong, weak and clitic pronouns) and related elliptical...

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Main Author: Panagiotidis, Phoevos
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2002.
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 46.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Pronominals.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Noun.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Clitics.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Clitics
Grammar, Comparative and general > Noun
Grammar, Comparative and general > Pronominals
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Voornaamwoorden.
Clitische elementen.
Minimalist program.
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Summary:Two issues little discussed in the generative literature are the internal structure of pronouns and what it is in Syntax that triggers pronominal reference. This monograph treats these two topics in detail and investigates whether pronominal (strong, weak and clitic pronouns) and related elliptical expressions can be given a unified syntactic representation. The answer, derived from a wealth of cross-linguistic evidence, is largely affirmative: pronominals include a semantically empty noun as part of their internal structure. The case of null subjects in 'pro-drop' languages is also examined a.
Item Description:Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Essex, 2000.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 211 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.
ISBN:9789027297594
9027297592
9781588111036
1588111032
ISSN:0166-0829 ;
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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