Tag: Syntax

Verb Movement and the Syntax of Kashmiri


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1999 | 294 Pages | ISBN: 9048153441 | PDF | 7 MB
3. 1 Kashmiri is not "non-Configurational" 45 3. 1 . 1 Agreement 51 3 . 1. 2 Binding Theory 52 3. 1. 3 Distribution of PRO 56 3 . 1. 4 Additional Evidence 57 3. 1. 4. 1 Weak Crossover (WCO) 57 3. 1. 4. 2 Constituent Fronting 60 3. 1. 4. 3 Superiority-Like Effects 62 3. 2 Word Order Constraints: Kashmiri Phrase Structure 64 3. 2. 1 N-complements 65 3. 2. 2 Postpositions 67 3. 2. 3 Adjectives 67 3. 2. 4 The Structure ofVP 68 3. 3. The Functional Projections 71 3. 4 Complement ki clauses 74 3. 5 Summary 79 4 Verb-Second (V2) Phenomena 80 4. 0 Introduction 80 4. 1 Kashmiri Vo rfe ld 84 4. 1. 1 V2 Clauses 85 4. 1. 1. 1 Main Clauses 85 4. 1. 1. 2 ki-Clauses 98 4. 1. 2 V3 Clauses 102 4. 1. 2. 1 Declarative Clauses 102 4. 1. 2. 2 Interrogative Clauses 107 4. 2 Some Exceptional Orders 116 vm 4. 2. 1 VI Order 116 4. 2. 1. 1 Declaratives 116 4. 2. 1. 2 Yes/No Questions 120 V-Final Order 4. 2. 2 121 4. 2. 2. 1 Relative Clauses and Adverbial Clauses 121 4. 2. 2. 2 Nonfinite Clauses 126 4. 3 Summary 129 5 Motivating Verb Movement 131 5. 0 Introduction 131 5. 1 The "Standard" Account 131 5. 2 Yiddish and Icelandic 136 5. 2. 1 Diesing (1990) 138 5. 2. 2 Weerman (1989) 141 5. 2. 3 Vikner (1991) 146 5.

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Historical syntax in cross-linguistic perspective


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1995 | 488 Pages | ISBN: 0521478812 | PDF | 27 MB
This study utilizes a cross-linguistic approach to establish a general framework for the investigation of syntactic change. It reveals shared properties of changes across languages, determines what mechanisms lie behind them, and how they correlate to the overall explanation of syntactic change.

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Elements of Grammar Handbook in Generative Syntax


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1997 | 349 Pages | ISBN: 0792342984 | PDF | 14 MB
The aim of this Handbook is to provide a forum in which some of the generative syntacticians whose work has had an impact on theoretical syntax over the past 20 years are invited to present their views on one or more aspects of current syntactic theory. The following authors have contributed to the volume: Mark Baker, Michael Brody, Jane Grimshaw, James McCloskey, Jean-Yves Pollock, and Luigi Rizzi. Each contribution focuses on one specific aspect of the grammar. As a general theme, the papers are concerned with the question of the composition of the clause, i.e. what kind of components the clause is made up of, and how these components are put together in the clause. The introduction to the volume provides the backdrop for the papers and highlights some of the developments that have occurred in theoretical syntax in the last ten years. Elements of Grammar is destined for an audience of linguists working in the generative framework.

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Symmetrizing Syntax


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English | ISBN: 1032148403 | 2023 | 344 pages | PDF | 9 MB
Symmetrizing Syntax seeks to establish a minimal and natural characterization of the structure of human language (syntax), simplifying many facets of it that have been redundantly or asymmetrically formulated.

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English Syntax A Minimalist Account of Structure and Variation


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English | ISBN: 1474425518 | 2020 | 288 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This textbook introduces the main aspects of Minimalist syntax through the use of data from a number of varieties of English. In doing so it equips you with a firm grounding in tools of syntactic analysis while demonstrating the potential for variationist linguistics and theoretical syntax to feed into each other. By working through the range of examples and exercises you will be able to see that all varieties of language are rule-based and can be observed and described systematically, regardless of how Standard or socially valued they are.

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The Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax


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English | ISBN: 0198797729 | 2023 | 704 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
This volume showcases the contributions that formal experimental methods can make to syntactic research in the 21st century. Syntactic theory is both a domain of study in its own right, and one component of an integrated theory of the cognitive neuroscience of language. It provides a theory of the mediation between sound and meaning, a theory of the representations constructed during sentence processing, and a theory of the end-state for language acquisition. Given the highly interactive nature of the theory of syntax, this volume defines "experimental syntax" in the broadest possible terms, exploring both formal experimental methods that have been part of the domain of syntax since its inception (i.e., acceptability judgment methods) and formal experimental methods that have arisen through the interaction of syntactic theory with the domains of acquisition, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics.

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Comparative and Diachronic Perspectives on Romance Syntax


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English | ISBN: 1527504018 | 2018 | 463 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The volume brings together fifteen papers focusing on the morphosyntax of different Romance varieties. It is based on papers presented at the workshop bearing the same title held at the University of Bucharest in November 2015 and is dedicated to Professor Martin Maiden of the University of Oxford in honour of his 60th birthday. The contributions tackle different theoretical issues concerning current linguistic theory (relevant both for comparative and diachronic approaches), including parameters, features and their hierarchical organization, word order changes, the level of verb movement in different varieties, inflected infinitives, clitic placement and clitic doubling, ethical datives, and personal subject pronouns, among others.

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Understanding Modern English Grammar and Syntax Syntactic & Grammatical Tips


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English | 2020 | ISBN: 9781393616771 | 244 Pages | EPUB (True) | 1.5 MB
Understanding Modern English Grammar and Syntax is a comprehensive but compact English handbook prepared and edited by EFL language professionals. It gives you easy definition of grammar and syntax, and it covers most crucial grammatical, syntactical, and phrasal components of English. Each component includes a thorough set of exercises designed to prepare the EFL learners for any scenario they may encounter, whether in the formal classroom, in formal environments, or in regular conversation. To make it easy for you, we provided you with the possible keys to exercises which are in the back of the book or simply in the next few pages for quick, easy reference. Most importantly, answers are explained fully and in a simple way, giving you reasons for and the logic behind the usage of the language. If you are looking for the mastery and acquisition of good grammar, your answers are in here. Moreover, most EFL learners agree that grammar is one of the most difficult skills and components of the English language and that it is perhaps due -in most cases- to the nature of the grammar of their mother tongue language (MT or L1). Hence, this book will help you to overcome all your difficulties as far as grammar is concerned.

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The Syntax and Morphology of English Verbs Patterns that Matter


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English | ISBN: 3110738716 | 2022 | 300 pages | PDF | 2 MB
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.

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