| Local Instability: Split Topicalization and Quantifier Float in German Contributor(s): Ott, Dennis (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110290375 ISBN-13: 9783110290370 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | German - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Dewey: 435 |
| LCCN: 2012031105 |
| Series: Linguistische Arbeiten |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.96 lbs) 182 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This monograph explores some consequences of the abandonment of phrase-structure grammar in favor of a Merge-based syntax, which dispenses with the notion of 'projection.' This reduced architecture is shown to shed new light on two long-standing problems in syntactic theory: split topicalization and quantifier float are analyzed as deriving from underlying exocentric (label-less) constituents in argument or adjunct position, which necessitate symmetry-breaking displacement. The analysis developed in this work thus constitutes an important step towards a more minimal syntax. |
