Format:
1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 136 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9783110637465
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9783110634587
Series Statement:
Studia grammatica 84
Content:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Predicate cleft constructions -- 3. NP-Split constructions -- 4. Constraining headedness -- Bibliography -- Index
Content:
Natural language differs from artificial ones in having the "displacement property," allowing expressions to "move" from one position to another in the sentence. The mapping from syntax to phonology, therefore, must include rules specifying how objects created by movement are pronounced, or in technical jargon, how chains are linearized. One of these rules is Copy Deletion. The present study investigates the structural description of Copy Deletion. Specifically, it proposes a phrase geometric constraint on its application. The proposal is corroborated by empirical arguments based on distributional and interpretational facts concerning predicate clefts, NP-Splits, and head ordering patterns. The data are drawn from languages of different types and families including Chinese, English, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Norwegian, Swedish, and Vietnamese. The book, thus, contributes to our understanding of a crucial property of natural language and should be of relevance to readers who are interested in the cross-linguistic approach to Universal Grammar research
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Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 125-132
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Dissertation Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2011
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110634471
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Trinh, Tue The edginess of silence Berlin : De Gruyter, 2019 ISBN 3110634473
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110634471
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Textkohärenz
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Kette
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Strukturelle Grammatik
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Syntax
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Phonologie
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1515/9783110637465
Author information:
Trinh, Tue
