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Optimality Theoretic Syntax, Semantics, And Pragmatics - From Uni- To Bidirectional Optimization

~~37,09€~~ 29,67€ 20% OFF

 This book investigates the morphosyntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties of language, and the interactions between them, from the perspective of Optimality Theory. It integrates optimization processes into the formal and functional study of grammar, interpreting optimization as the result of conflicting, violable ranked constraints. Unlike previous work on the topic, this book also takes into account the question of directionality of grammar. A model of grammar in which optimization processes interact bidirectionally allows both language generation-the process of selecting the optimal form of a given meaning-and language interpretation-the process of optimal interpretation of a given form-to be taken into account. Chapters in this volume explore the consequences of both symmetric (unidirectional) and asymmetric (bidirectional) versions of Optimality Theory, investigating the syntax-semantics interface, first language acquisition, and sequential bilingual grammars. The volume presents cutting edge research in Optimality-Theoretic syntax and semantics, as well as demonstrating how optimization processes as modelled in this formalism serve as a viable approach for linguists and scholars in related fields.
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Cartography And Explanatory Adequacy

~~99,38€~~ 79,50€ 20% OFF

 This book contributes to the ongoing empirical, conceptual, and meta-theoretical debates regarding the merits and drawbacks of the cartographic program in linguistic theory. Although cartography has its roots in the study of the left periphery, its empirical scope has expanded significantly over the years and now covers a wide range of domains such as argument structure, modification, and constituent order. The chapters in this volume offer a critical examination of the cartographic assumption that there is a rich array of functional projections whose hierarchical order is fixed and determined by Universal Grammar. They discuss the nature of these cartographic hierarchies and their relation to the central theoretical goal of explanatory adequacy: are functional hierarchies an irreducible property of Universal Grammar (hence constituting part of the "residue" beyond the scope of principled explanation), or are they emergent, deriving from independent principles that do not require a further enrichment of Universal Grammar?
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Place Of Case In Grammar

~~143,54€~~ 114,83€ 20% OFF

 This book deals with the category of case and where to place it in grammar. The crux of the debate lies in how the morphological expression of grammatical function should relate to formal syntax. In the generative tradition, this issue was addressed by the influential proposal that abstract syntactic Case should be dissociated from the morphological expression of case. The chapters in this book deal with a number of key issues in the ongoing debates that have emerged from this proposal. The first part discusses the modes that we need for structural case assignment, and how Case would relate to a theory of parameters. In the second part, contributors explore the division of labour between structural and inherent case, synchronically and diachronically, while the third part investigates individual cases and how they can illuminate case theory. The chapters discuss a wide range of phenomena, including differential object marking (DOM), global case splits, prepositional genitives and other prepositional phrases, nominative infinitival subjects, nominalizations of deponent verbs, and three-place predicates. They also draw on data from a variety of languages and language families, such as Hindi, Lithuanian, Kashmiri, Kinande, Greek, Hiberno-English, Romance, and Sahapatin.
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Definiteness In Balkan Romance

by Daniela Isac

~~90,09€~~ 72,07€ 20% OFF

 This book explores the micro-variation in the realization of definiteness across languages belonging to the Balkan Romance family: Romanian, Aromanian, Istro-Romanian and Megleno-Romanian. Daniela Isac offers a unified analysis of the different patterns observed, based on a post-syntactic spell-out rule.
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The Place Of Case In Grammar

~~185,89€~~ 148,71€ 20% OFF

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 This book deals with the category of case and where to place it in grammar. Chapters explore a range of issues relating to the division between syntactic Case and morphological case, investigating the relevant phenomena, and drawing on data from a variety of typologically diverse languages.
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Icelandic Nominalizations And Allosemy

by Jim Wood

~~82,14€~~ 65,71€ 20% OFF

 This book provides a detailed description of Icelandic nominalizations, processes through which verbs are turned into nouns. Jim Wood shows that the analysis of these constructions has broad implications for our understanding of argument structure and the syntax-semantics interface.
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Non-Interrogative Subordinate Wh-Clauses

~~119,24€~~ 95,39€ 20% OFF

 This volume explores subordinate wh-clauses that lack an interrogative interpretation, particularly those in which the wh-word differs from its literal meaning. The chapters draw on data from a wide range of languages, combining the study of cross-linguistic variation in patterns of subordination with formal semantic and syntactic analyses.
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Cartography And Explanatory Adequacy

~~128,43€~~ 102,74€ 20% OFF

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 This volume offers a critical examination of the cartographic assumption that there is a rich array of functional projections whose hierarchical order is fixed and determined by Universal Grammar. The contributions discuss the nature of these hierarchies and their relation to the central theoretical goal of explanatory adequacy.
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Non-Interrogative Subordinate Wh-Clauses

~~179,13€~~ 143,30€ 20% OFF

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 This volume explores subordinate wh-clauses that lack an interrogative interpretation, particularly those in which the wh-word differs from its literal meaning. The chapters draw on data from a wide range of languages, combining the study of cross-linguistic variation in patterns of subordination with formal semantic and syntactic analyses.
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Pseudo-Noun Incorporation And Differential Object Marking

by Imke Driemel

~~94,06€~~ 75,25€ 20% OFF

 This book provides a detailed cross-linguistic study of pseudo-noun incorporation, a phenomenon whereby an argument forms a 'closer than usual' relation with the verb. Imke Driemel explores eleven noun types across five different languages to arrive at a unifying theory that accounts for all properties of pseudo-noun incorporation.
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Pseudo-Noun Incorporation And Differential Object Marking

by Imke Driemel

~~94,06€~~ 75,25€ 20% OFF

 This book provides a detailed cross-linguistic study of pseudo-noun incorporation, a phenomenon whereby an argument forms a 'closer than usual' relation with the verb. Imke Driemel explores eleven noun types across five different languages to arrive at a unifying theory that accounts for all properties of pseudo-noun incorporation.
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Icelandic Nominalizations And Allosemy

by Jim (Associate Professor Of Linguistics, Associate Professor Of Linguistics, Yale University) Wood

~~125,72€~~ 100,58€ 20% OFF

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 This book provides a detailed description of Icelandic nominalizations, processes through which verbs are turned into nouns. Jim Wood shows that the analysis of these constructions has broad implications for our understanding of argument structure and the syntax-semantics interface.
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Angles Of Object Agreement

~~102,01€~~ 81,61€ 20% OFF

 This volume draws on insights from a range of theoretical perspectives to explore objects, agreement, and their intersecting angles, based on novel data from multiple language families. The chapters explores the mechanics of object agreement, constraints on symmetry, features of object agreement, and issues relating to the left periphery.
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Negation And Negative Dependencies

by Hedde Zeijlstra

~~111,29€~~ 89,03€ 20% OFF

 This book presents a novel account of negation and negative dependencies, based on novel data from language variation, language acquisition, and language change. The pluriform landscape of negative dependencies and markers of negation that emerges is shown to have broader implications for theories of syntax and semantics and their interface.
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Pseudo-Noun Incorporation And Differential Object Marking

by Imke (Postdoctoral Researcher, Postdoctoral Researcher, Humboldt University Berlin) Driemel

~~155,47€~~ 124,38€ 20% OFF

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 This book provides a detailed cross-linguistic study of pseudo-noun incorporation, a phenomenon whereby an argument forms a 'closer than usual' relation with the verb. Imke Driemel explores eleven noun types across five different languages to arrive at a unifying theory that accounts for all properties of pseudo-noun incorporation.
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Angles Of Object Agreement

~~165,61€~~ 132,49€ 20% OFF

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 This volume draws on insights from a range of theoretical perspectives to explore objects, agreement, and their intersecting angles, based on novel data from multiple language families. The chapters explores the mechanics of object agreement, constraints on symmetry, features of object agreement, and issues relating to the left periphery.
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Derivational Timing Of Ellipsis

~~39,74€~~ 31,79€ 20% OFF

 This volume explores the nature of ellipsis, the core phenomenon that results in various types of omission in sentences. The chapters adopt the popular 'silent structure' accounts of ellipsis, and investigate the question of when linguistic material becomes silenced during the derivation and realization of syntactic structure.
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Grammar Of The Utterance - How To Do Things With Ibero-Romance

by Alice Corr

~~92,74€~~ 74,19€ 20% OFF

 This book explores conversational units of language - vocatives, interjections, particles, and illocutionary complementizers - in Ibero-Romance languages. It draws on naturalistic data and elicited judgements to offer new insights into colloquial grammar and morphosyntactic variation in Romance and into the organization of grammar more broadly.
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Negation And Negative Dependencies

~~172,37€~~ 137,90€ 20% OFF

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 This book presents a novel account of negation and negative dependencies, based on novel data from language variation, language acquisition, and language change. The pluriform landscape of negative dependencies and markers of negation that emerges is shown to have broader implications for theories of syntax and semantics and their interface.
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Nominalization - 50 Years On From Chomsky'S Remarks

~~68,95€~~ 55,16€ 20% OFF

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 This volume explores the progress of cross-linguistic research into the structure of complex nominals since the publication of Chomsky's 'Remarks on Nominalization' in 1970. The contributors take stock of developments in this area and offer new perspectives based on data from a wide range of typologically diverse languages.
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Contrast And Representations In Syntax

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 This book explores how grammatical oppositions - for instance, the contrast between present and past tense - are encoded in the syntax of natural languages. The chapters approach the topic from a range of perspectives, drawing on data from a variety of typologically diverse languages, including Blackfoot, Greek, Onondaga, and Scottish Gaelic.
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The Derivational Timing Of Ellipsis

~~62,18€~~ 49,74€ 20% OFF

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 This volume explores the nature of ellipsis, the core phenomenon that results in various types of omission in sentences. The chapters adopt the popular 'silent structure' accounts of ellipsis, and investigate the question of when linguistic material becomes silenced during the derivation and realization of syntactic structure.
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Majority Quantification And Quantity Superlatives - A Crosslinguistic Analysis Of Most

~~54,06€~~ 43,25€ 20% OFF

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 This book investigates the syntax and semantics of proportional most and other majority quantifiers across a wide range of languages. The findings have implications for the study of a variety of crucial issues in linguistic theory, including number marking, partitivity, kind reference, and (in)definiteness marking.
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Modality Across Syntactic Categories

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 This volume explores the linguistic expression of modality in natural language from a cross-linguistic perspective, and demonstrates that modality involves many more syntactic categories and levels of syntactic structure than traditionally assumed.
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