UID:
almafu_9959228385002883
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 173 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-53949-3
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1-107-22303-2
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1-283-52829-0
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9786613840745
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1-139-52663-4
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1-139-52544-1
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1-139-02241-5
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1-139-53130-1
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1-139-53011-9
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1-139-52783-5
Series Statement:
Key topics in syntax
Content:
The phenomenon of the syntactic 'island' - a clause or structure from which a word cannot be moved - is central to research and study in syntactic theory. This book provides a comprehensive overview of syntactic islands. What are they? How do they arise? Why do they exist? Cedric Boeckx discusses the pros and cons of all the major generative accounts of island effects, and focuses the discussion on whether islands are narrowly syntactic effects, are due to interface factors or are 'merely' performance effects. Thanks to the diversity of island effects, readers are given a unique opportunity to familiarize themselves with all the major research styles and types of analysis in theoretical linguistics and have the chance to reflect on the theoretical implications of concrete natural language examples, allowing them to develop their own synthesis.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Machine generated contents note: 1. Never such innocence again; 2. What is really all just a mirage?; 3. Why the ultimate solution is unlikely to be purely syntactic; 4. Priority to the interfaces; 5. A tribute to Ross.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-13878-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-19146-7
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139022415
