Symmetric coordination : an alternative theory of phrase structure / Birgit Wesche.

Hitherto, the three symmetric coordination types Phrasal Coordination, Right Node Raising, and Gapping have been mostly treated in isolation. This book presents a successful attempt at developing a uniform approach - couched in a transformational framework, but also applicable to other grammatical a...

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Main Author: Wesche, Birgit
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tübingen : M. Niemeyer, 1995.
Series:Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ; 332.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Transformational Approaches to Coordination
  • Chapter 1. The Grammatical Framework
  • Chapter 2. Coordination Types
  • Chapter 3. Past and Present Analyses
  • Chapter 4. Neither Deletion Nor Reconstruction
  • Part II. Shared Constituent Coordination
  • Chapter 5. German Conjunctions
  • Chapter 6 The Domain of Coordination
  • Part III. An Alternative Theory of Phrase Structure
  • Chapter 7. The Generalized X-scheme
  • Chapter 8. Linearization
  • Chapter 9. Modes of Interpretation
  • Chapter 10. Linearization with Adjuncts
  • Chapter 11. Closed versus Open Type Categories
  • Chapter 12. Related Phenomena
  • Chapter 13. Summary
  • Bibliography