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9780415192354

Essays in Syntactic Theory

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415192354

  • ISBN10:

    0415192358

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-07-07
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

The essays in this important collection explore wide-ranging aspects of the syntax and semantics of human languages. Key topics covered include movement phenomena and the syntax of logical form, methods in generative linguistics and the role of rules vs. principles in syntactic theory. This volume makes a vital contribution to substantive and methodological debates in linguistic theory.

Author Biography

Samuel David Epstein is currently an associate Professor at the University of Michigan, and taught linguistics at Harvard University for nine years.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1(2)
Introduction 3(10)
A Note on Functional Determination and Strong Crossover
13(8)
Quantifier-pro and the LF Representation of PROarb
21(8)
The Local Binding Condition and LF Chains
29(22)
Adjunction and Pronominal Variable Binding
51(16)
Quantification in Null Operator Constructions
67(16)
Differentiation and Reduction in Syntactic Theory: A Case Study
83(12)
Derivational Constraints on A-Chain Formation
95(30)
Overt Scope Marking and Covert Verb-Second
125(58)
``UN-Principled'' Syntax and the Derivation of Syntactic Relations
183(28)
Index 211

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