| Parameters and Functional Heads: Essays in Comparative Syntax Contributor(s): Belletti, Adriana (Editor), Rizzi, Luigi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195087933 ISBN-13: 9780195087932 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $142.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 415 |
| LCCN: 93037260 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.36" W x 9.36" (1.50 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays collected in this volume, most previously unpublished, address a number of closely interconnected issues raised by the comparative syntax of functional heads within the Principles-and-Parameters approach. The general theory of head movement, the properties of derived structures created by incorporation, and the parameterization involved are the main theoretical foci. One major empirical area which is addressed concerns head movement in configurations involving certain kinds of operator-like elements, for example, the different manifestations of Verb Second phenomena in Wh and other constructions and the syntax of negative heads and specifiers. In addition, properties of functional heads and head movement in nominal and clausal structures and the causative construction are investigated. |