| Verb Movement Contributor(s): Lightfoot, David (Editor), Hornstein, Norbert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 051162770X ISBN-13: 9780511627705 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Dewey: 415 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Work on the movement of phrase categories, mostly Noun Phrases, has been a central element of syntactic theorizing almost since the earliest work on generative grammar. Work on the movement of lexical elements, heads, has been much less central until recent years. Verb movement is now, however, the center of current research in syntax. Parallel to the theoretical interest has been the attention focused on the description of verb-second languages and on the movement operations that place the verb in its second position. This volume represents the latest work from many of the leading researchers in an important field, and draws on analyses from a wide range of languages. It will have a significant impact on its field. |