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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150340403321

Autore

Sadler Louisa

Titolo

Welsh syntax : a government-binding approach / / Louisa Sadler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-51871-6

1-138-69854-7

1-315-51873-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 pages)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Syntax ; ; Volume 22

Disciplina

491.66

Soggetti

Welsh language - Syntax

Government-binding theory (Linguistics)

Welsh language - Grammar, Generative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1988 by Croom Helm Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Word order and base rules -- 2. The null subject construction -- 3. Cliticisation processes -- 4. Relative clauses -- 5. Questions, topics and relative clauses -- 6. Passive and impersonal constructions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book, first published in 1988, proposes an analysis of Welsh syntax within the theory of Government and Binding (GB). The main focus of the study is the theory of empty elements and the role of agreement phenomena in relation to empty categories. The study of the Celtic family of languages has emerged as an increasingly fruitful area of research both inside and outside GB theory. Written within the GB framework, this book provides a substantial description of some areas of Welsh syntax. Successive chapters deal with basic word order in main and embedded clauses, the null subject constructions, cliticisation and agreement, relative clauses, topicalisation and wh-questions, and passivisation. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.