Crosslinguistic Research in Syntax and Semantics : Negation, Tense, and Clausal Architecture.

Crosslinguistic Research in Syntax and Semantics : Negation, Tense, and Clausal Architecture.

Presenting cutting-edge research in syntax and semantics, this important volume furthers theoretical claims in generative linguistics and represents a significant addition to present scholarship in the field. Leading scholars present crosslinguistic studies dealing with clausal architecture, negatio...

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Main Author: Zanuttini, Raffaella
Other Authors: Campos, Héctor, Portner, Paul H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : Georgetown University Press, 2010.
Series:Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Clauses > Congresses.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Negatives > Congresses.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Tense > Congresses.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax > Congresses.
Semantics > Congresses.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Clauses
Grammar, Comparative and general > Negatives
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Grammar, Comparative and general > Tense
Semantics
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; 1. Three Benchmarks for Distributional Approaches to Natural Language Syntax; PART I: CLAUSAL ARCHITECTURE; 2. Argument Fronting in English, Romance CLLD, and the Left Periphery; 3. A Detailed Map of the Left Periphery of Medieval Romance; 4. Questions and Questioning in a Local English; 5. VP-, D°-Movement Languages; PART II: NEGATION; 6. Parasitism, Secondary Triggering, and Depth of Embedding; 7. Light Negation and Polarity; 8. Marking and Interpretation of Negation: A Bidirectional Optimality Theory Approach; PART III: TENSE AND ASPECT.
  • 9. Cohesion in Temporal Context: Aspectual Adverbs as Dynamic Indexicals10. Tense, Adverbials, and Quantification.

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