Boundaries, phases and interfaces : case studies in honor of Violeta Demonte

Boundaries, phases and interfaces : case studies in honor of Violeta Demonte / edited by Olga Fernandez-Soriano, Elena Castroviejo Miró, Isabel Pérez-Jiménez.

This book approaches the concept of 'boundary', central in linguistic theory, and the related notion of 'phase' from the perspective of the interaction between syntax and its interfaces. A primary notion is that phases are the appropriate domains to explain most interface linguis...

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Other Authors: Fernández Soriano, Olga (Editor), Miró, Elena Castroviejo (Editor), Pérez Jiménez, Isabel (Editor), Demonte, Violeta (honouree.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Volume 239.
Subjects:
Generative grammar.
Language and languages > Grammar.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Generative grammar
Language and languages > Grammar
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Boundaries, phases and interfaces
  • Section 1. (Morpho)phonology-Syntax interface
  • Syntacticizing blends : the case of English wh-raising
  • Does the verb raise to T in Spanish?
  • Locative DPs and deictic adverbs/pronouns in subject position in Brazilian Portuguese
  • A note on the syntax of possession in Paraguayan Guarani
  • Section 2. Syntax-Semantics interface
  • Adverbial elatives in Caribbean Spanish
  • On weak definites and their contribution to event kinds
  • The grammaticalization of 'big' situations : the IMPF operator and perfective imperfects in Bulgarian
  • On the scalar properties and telicity of degree achievements
  • Section 3. Syntax-Discourse interface
  • Multiple Wh-movement in European Spanish : exploring the role of interface conditions for variation
  • Subextraction at the discourse-grammar interface : a featural approach to island effects
  • On the de se reading in the de se center shift in Korean : an account based on logophoric binding
  • Section 4. Lexicon-Syntax interface
  • Spanish participal adjectives and individual-level/stage-level interpretations in nominals
  • Two types of transitive verbs in Spanish : ditransitives in disguise
  • Grammatical categories at the Lexicon-Syntax-Semantics interface : the case of prepositions
  • State and change of state in Latin : a view from the L Lexicon-Syntax interface.

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