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9780792360582

Flexible Syntax

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    9780792360582

  • ISBN10:

    0792360583

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-11-01
  • Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub
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Summary

Most linguistic theories assume that each grammatical relation is established in a unique structural configuration. Neeleman and Weerman take issue with this view, arguing for a more flexible approach on the basis of conceptual considerations and data taken mostly, but not exclusively, from the Germanic languages. In-depth analyses of word order phenomena as well as diachronic and typological generalizations motivate a re-evaluation of the role of case in the projection of arguments. Case is shown to provide a syntactic foothold for thematic interpretation, something which is necessary in a grammar that does not allow fixed theta-positions. Thus, this study does not only offer a genuine alternative to many standard assumptions, it also explains why there should be such a thing as case in natural language.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Prologue
1(16)
Introduction
1(4)
Case Theory
5(3)
Θ-Theory
8(3)
Word Order
11(4)
Overview
15(2)
Bibliographical Note
16(1)
The OV/VO Parameter
17(42)
Introduction
17(2)
The Domain of Θ-role Assignment
19(3)
The Domains of Head Government
22(5)
The Formation of VP Shells
27(4)
Particles
31(7)
Scrambling
38(7)
Double Object Constructions
45(8)
Exceptional Case Marking
53(2)
Concluding Remarks
55(4)
Morphological Case
59(46)
Introduction
59(3)
Asymmetries between Nominative and Case
62(8)
Agreement
63(1)
Case Affixes
64(3)
Selection
67(1)
Case Attraction
68(1)
Acquisition
69(1)
Syntactic Effects of Morphological Case
70(12)
Complementation
71(3)
VO-leakages
74(4)
Scrambling across Arguments
78(2)
Quirky Subjects
80(2)
Toward a Theory of Case Features
82(20)
The Organization of Case Paradigms
84(7)
Morphological Case in German
91(3)
Morphological Case in Icelandic
94(8)
Concluding Remarks
102(3)
Prepositional Complements
105(40)
Introduction
105(2)
The Problem
107(5)
Indirect Θ-Role Assignment
112(2)
LF Incorporation
114(2)
Empirical Consequences
116(21)
PP Subjects
117(3)
PP Complements and Case
120(3)
Idiomatic Selection
123(2)
PP-DP Coordination
125(3)
Double PP Constructions
128(6)
Excursus on the Distribution of Selected PPs
134(3)
PP Complements to Nouns
137(5)
Concluding Remarks
142(3)
Raising to Subject
145(34)
Introduction
145(2)
Θ-Role Promotion as A'-Movement
147(6)
NP Raising as Null Operator Movement
153(9)
Designing a Trigger
153(2)
Case Absorption
155(1)
Raising to Θ-Positions
156(2)
Raising of Non-Arguments
158(1)
Raising to Object Positions
159(1)
Coordination
160(2)
Short versus Long Null Operator Movement
162(10)
Superraising
163(4)
Non-Competing Derivations
167(2)
Cyclicity
169(3)
Improper Movement
172(4)
Concluding Remarks
176(3)
Head Marking
179(44)
Introduction
179(3)
Head-Marking Affixes
182(5)
Absolutive-Ergative Languages
187(8)
The Ergativity Parameter
187(4)
Empirical Consequences
191(4)
VSO Languages
195(13)
The VSO Parameter
195(7)
Japanese Nominatives
202(6)
The Linearization of Subjects
208(11)
Anaphoric Dependence
208(2)
Nominative-Dative Inversion
210(4)
Expletives
214(2)
Locative Inversion
216(3)
Concluding Remarks
219(4)
Epilogue
223(8)
Introduction
223(1)
Falsifiability
223(3)
Flexibility
226(5)
References 231(14)
Index 245

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