| On Pied-Piping Contributor(s): Heck, Fabian (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110206056 ISBN-13: 9783110206050 Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton OUR PRICE: $285.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: Pied-piping, the phenomenon that wh-movement may target categories not marked with [wh], has generally been considered idiosyncratic and pathological. In On Pied-Piping it is argued that this assessment was not correct. The book presents a compilation of crosslinguistic generalizations on pied-piping and a theory to derive them. Pied-piping is assimilated into a derivational theory of successive cyclic wh-movement that includes input-output optimization, the operation Agree, and phase theory. The resulting theory is a step towards closing a long-standing gap in syntactic theorizing. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Syntax |
| Dewey: 415 |
| LCCN: 2008032764 |
| Series: Studies in Generative Grammar |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.5 lbs) 413 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pied-piping, the phenomenon that wh-movement may target categories not marked with the feature [wh], has generally been considered idiosyncratic and pathological. On Pied-Piping argues that this assessment is not correct. The book presents a compilation of crosslinguistic generalizations on pied-piping and a theory that derives them. Pied-piping is incorporated into a derivational theory of successive cyclic wh-movement that includes input-output optimization, the operation Agree, and phase theory. The resulting theory is a step towards closing a long-standing gap in syntactic theorizing. |
