Symmetry breaking in syntax and the lexicon

Symmetry breaking in syntax and the lexicon / Leah S. Bauke, Goethe University Frankfurt.

This book is a research monograph that explores the implications of the strongest minimalist thesis from an antisymmetric perspective. Three empirical domains are investigated: nominal root compounds in German and English, nominal gerunds in English and their German counterparts, and small clauses i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bauke, Leah S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.
Series:Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today ; v. 216.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
Lexical-functional grammar.
English language > Syntax.
German language > Syntax.
Russian language > Syntax.
English language > Grammar, Comparative > German.
English language > Grammar, Comparative > Russian.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
English language > Grammar, Comparative > German
English language > Grammar, Comparative > Russian
English language > Syntax
German language > Syntax
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Lexical-functional grammar
Russian language > Syntax
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Table of Contents:
  • Symmetry Breaking in Syntax and the Lexicon; Editorial page ; Title page ; LCC data ; Dedication page ; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations ; Chapter 1. Introduction ; 1.1 Background ; 1.2 Merge (concatenation and labeling) ; 1.3 Outlook ; Chapter 2. Nominal root compounds ; 2.1 Nominal root compounds: A (crosslinguistic) overview ; 2.2 Nominal root compounds in German
  • The data ; 2.3 Analyzing nominal root compounds ; 2.3.1 The root compounding parameter and the abstract clitic hypothesis ; 2.3.2 Towards an analysis of the German data ; 2.3.3 Syntactic and lexical word-formation?
  • 2.3.4 Phases and the SMT: Towards explaining interface effects 2.3.5 Incorporation: z-features and phases ; 2.4 Conclusion ; Chapter 3. The nominalizing of nominalizations ; 3.1 The conundrum ; 3.2 The pattern ; 3.3 Towards a structural analysis ; 3.3.1 Non-incorporated non-pluralized nominal gerunds ; 3.3.2 Incorporated non-pluralized nominal gerunds ; 3.3.3 Non-incorporated pluralized nominal gerunds ; 3.3.4 Incorporated pluralized nominal gerunds ; 3.4 Corroborating the analysis: Data from German ; 3.4.1 German nominalized infinitives ; 3.4.2 German Nominalizations in -ung.
  • 3.5 Conclusion Chapter 4. Small clauses (and Verb-particle constructions) ; 4.1 The data ; 4.2 Towards a definition of SCs ; 4.2.1 The general picture: Two interfaces
  • two paths? ; 4.2.2 Pursuing a S-M based analysis: Moro (2000) ; 4.2.3 Pursuing a C-I based analysis: Den Dikken (2006; 2007a; b) ; 4.3 Reconsidering XP
  • XP merger: Insights from the H-Ü schema ; 4.4 SCs and the H-Ü schema ; 4.5 Basic structures and multiple wh-fronting data ; 4.6 *Enter Phase ; 4.7 Conclusion ; Chapter 5. Theoretical implications ; 5.1 Head-movement in narrow syntax ; 5.2 Phases ; 5.3 z-Features.
  • Chapter 6. Conclusion References; Index.

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