The Structure of CP and IP The Cartography of Syntactic Structures, Volume 2

by Rizzi, Luigi

• ISBN13: 9780195159493
• ISBN10: 0195159497
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The study of syntactic complexity and the identification of the elementary structural units involved have always been a component of research in the field of theoretical syntax. Still, these topics have recently acquired a higher degree of prominence and autonomy, which has led to an expansion in the ways syntacticians conceptualize syntactic representations and their interactions with other research topics. The Structure of CP and IP is the second volume in the Cartography of Syntactic Structures, a subgroup within the Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax series. Funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, this research endeavor gave rise to the publication of the first such volume, The Functional Structure of DP and IP , which focuses primarily on the structure of nominal expressions and on certain aspects of clausal expressions. This second edited volume examines the structure of the clauses, with special reference to the inflectional domain (IP) and the left peripheral field of the clause (CP). With contributions by a select group of syntacticians, The Structure of CP and IP will be useful to scholars with an interest in Italian, Romance, and comparative syntax, and of substantial value to all linguists interested in contemporary research in generative grammar.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
1 On the Cartography of Syntactic Structures, Luigi Rizzi	3	(13)
2 Aspects of the Low IP Area, Adriana Belletti	16	(36)
3 Topic, Focus, and V2: Defining the CP Sublayers, Paola Beninca' and Cecilia Poletto	52	(24)
4 Resumptive Relatives and LF Chains, Valentina Bianchi	76	(39)
5 Toward a Cartography of Subject Positions, Anna Cardinaletti	115	(51)
6 Remnant Movement in the Theory of Phases, Carlo Cecchetto	166	(24)
7 Complementizer Deletion in Italian, Alessandra Giorgi and Fabio Pianesi	190	(21)
8 Clitics: Cooccurrence and Mutual Exclusion Patterns, M. Rita Manzini and Leonardo M. Savoia	211	(40)
9 On the Left Periphery of Some Romance Wh-Questions, Cecilia Poletto and Jean-Yves Pollock	251	(46)
10 The C-System in Brythonic Celtic Languages, V2, and the EPP, Ian Roberts	297	(32)
11 Enclisis and Proclisis, Ur Shlonsky	329	(26)
Subject Index	355	(6)
Language Index	361	(3)
Name Index	364