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This study shows that Scandinavian object shift and so-called
A-scrambling in the continental Germanic languages are the same,
and aims at providing an account of the variation that we find with
respect to this phenomenon by combining certain aspects of the
Minimalist Program and Optimality Theory. More specifically, it is
claimed that representations created by a simplified version of the
computational system of human language CHL are evaluated in an
optimality theoretic fashion by taking recourse to a very small set
of output constraints.
This volume focuses on the role of the postulated derivational and
filtering devices in current linguistic theory and aims to promote
the exchange of ideas between the proponents of MP and OT in order
to evaluate the role of these devices in the two frameworks. It
sheds more light on the tenability of the often proclaimed opinion
that MP and OT are incompatible frameworks given that the
explanatory power of the former mainly resides on the generative
device whereas the explanatory power of the latter mainly resides
in the filtering device. Papers from various perspectives discuss
and compare the two devices in the two frameworks. The volume thus
collects a large number of the arguments in favour of more a
strictly derivational approach, a more strictly filtering approach,
or a more hybrid approach. The book will be of interest to any
researcher or advanced student in Linguistic Theory. It is more
specifically directed to syntacticians working within the current
frameworks that have developed from Chomsky's minimalist program
(MP) and Prince and Smolensky's Optimality Theory (OT).
The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the
main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This
branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is
concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of
linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into
the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high
quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues.
The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from
syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to
studies of the lexicon. To discuss your book idea or submit a
proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert
14% discount on a subscription to the complete series, please
contact us via [email protected]. The Syntax of Dutch will be published
in at least seven volumes in the period 2012-2016 and aims at
presenting a synthesis of the currently available syntactic
knowledge of Dutch. It is primarily concerned with language
description and not with linguistic theory, and provides support to
all researchers interested in matters relating to the syntax of
Dutch, including advanced students of language and linguistics. The
volume Adpositions and Adpositional Phrases discusses the internal
make-up and the distribution of adpositional phrases. Topics that
are covered include complementation and modification of
adpositional phrases, as well as their predicative, attributive and
adverbial uses. A separate chapter is devoted to the formation and
the syntactic behavior of pronominal PPs like 'on it', which also
includes a more general discussion of the syntax of so-called
R-words like er 'there'. Download the Table of Contents and
Introduction/b>
14% discount on a subscription to the complete series, please
contact us via "mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]. The Syntax
of Dutch will be published in at least seven volumes in the period
2012-2016 and aims at presenting a synthesis of the currently
available syntactic knowledge of Dutch. It is primarily concerned
with language description and not with linguistic theory, and
provides support to all researchers interested in matters relating
to the syntax of Dutch, including advanced students of language and
linguistics. The volume Adjectives and Adjective Phrases discusses
the internal make-up as well as the distribution of adjective
phrases. Topics that will be covered include: complementation and
modification of adjective phrases; comparative and superlative
formation; the attributive, predicative and adverbial uses of
adjective phrases. Special attention is paid to the so-called
partitive genitive construction and the adverbial use of
past/passive participles and infinitives. For the table of
contents, please click here
Order volume I en II as a set 14% discount on a subscription to the
complete series, please contact us via
"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]. The Syntax of Dutch will
be published in at least seven volumes in the period 2012-2016 and
aims at presenting a synthesis of the currently available syntactic
knowledge of Dutch. It is primarily concerned with language
description and not with linguistic theory, and provides support to
all researchers interested in matters relating to the syntax of
Dutch, including advanced students of language and linguistics. The
two volumes Nouns and Noun Phrases discuss the internal make-up as
well as the distribution of noun phrases. Topics that will be
covered include: complementation and modification of noun phrases;
properties of determiners (article, demonstratives), numeral and
quantifiers; the use of noun phrases as arguments, predicates and
adverbial modifiers. For the table of contents, please click here
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