The Grammar of Raising and Control: A Course in Syntactic Argumentation

by William D. Davies (University of Iowa); Stanley Dubinsky (University of South Carolina)

• ISBN13: 9780470754726
• ISBN10: 0470754729
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Grammar of Raising and Control surveys analyses across a range of theoretical frameworks from Rosenbaum's classic Standard Theory analysis (1967) to current proposals within the Minimalist Program, and provides readers with a critical understanding of these, helping them in the process to develop keen insights into the strengths and weaknesses of syntactic arguments in general. Distills a very successful graduate course in syntax from two prominent figures in the field, covering analyses from a range of theoretical frameworks. Provides readers with an understanding of the various perspectives represented in generative syntax, using a particular class of grammatical constructions as a means of examining the evolution of syntactic theory over the last thirty years. Helps students to develop keen insights into the strengths and weaknesses of syntactic arguments. Includes excerpts from six important works that allow students to familiarize themselves with the original literature while also providing discussion of the theoretical context in which they were written.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Classical Transformational Grammar: Laying the groundwork:

Introduction: Building the foundations of a syntactic analysis

Laying the empirical groundwork

Transformational Grammar and RosenbaumÆs analysis

PostalÆs On Raising

Excerpt from Postal 1974

Extended Standard Theory: ChomskyÆs Conditions on Transformations

Excerpt from Chomsky 1973

The On Raising Debates: Bresnan, Postal, and Bach

Extensions and Reinterpretations of Standard Theory:

Introduction: Branching paths of inquiry

Relational Grammarö Perlmutter and PostalÆs The Relational Succession Law

Excerpt from Permutter & Postal 1972/83

Revised Extended Standard Theory: Chomsky and LasnikÆs Filters and Control

Excerpt from Chomsky & Lasnik 1977

Government & Binding Theory:

Introduction: The interaction of principles and possible analyses

ChomskyÆs Lectures on Government & Binding and the ECM analysis of Raising

Development of and problems for the ECM account: Kayne 1981 and Cole & Hermon 1981

Excerpt from Cole & Hermon 1981

Are all these really raising constructions?: Cross-linguistic issues

The Minimalist Program:

Introduction: Neo-Raising, Neo-ECM, and the Raising/Control distinction

Functional projections and the rise of the Minimalist Program

The return to a Raising to Object analysis

Excerpt from Lasnik & Saito 1991

The separation/unification of Raising/Control

References

Index

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