Incomplete Category Fronting - A Derivational Approach to Remnant Movement in German (Hardcover, 1998 ed.)

Incomplete Category Fronting is a detailed investigation of the syntax of incomplete category fronting in German, carried out from a cross-linguistic perspective. The study presents a wealth of empirical evidence involving unbound traces created by remnant topicalization, wh-movement, scrambling, left dislocation, and extraposition. Four characteristic properties of remnant movement are identified that pose severe problems for a representational movement theory. It is argued that these properties can be fruitfully addressed on the basis of Chomsky's minimalist program, and that they follow from a derivational movement theory that incorporates the Barriers Condition, the Strict Cycle Condition, Fewest Steps, Last Resort, and the Minimal Link Condition but completely dispenses with surface filters. Incomplete Category Fronting provides an empirical underpinning for the minimalist program and presents a powerful argument for a derivational theory of grammar. Audience: Incomplete Category Fronting will interest all linguists working on theoretical syntax, Germanic syntax or the syntax-semantics interface.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 42
Release date:	2001
First published:	December 1997
Authors:	Gereon M uller
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	342
Edition:	1998 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-4837-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7923-4837-0
Barcode:	9780792348375

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