1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782191803321

Titolo

The free word order phenomenon [[electronic resource] ] : its syntactic sources and diversity / / edited by Joachim Sabel, Mamoru Saito

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2005

ISBN

1-282-19379-1

9786612193798

3-11-019726-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Collana

Studies in generative grammar ; ; 69

Altri autori (Persone)

SabelJoachim <1962->

SaitoMamoru

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Word order

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Left branch extraction, structure of NP, and scrambling -- The discourse configurationality of scrambling -- Scrambling in the cleft construction in Dravidian -- Asymmetries between pre-verbal and post-verbal scrambling in Turkish -- EPP and semantically cacuous scrambling -- On the acquisition of scrambling in Japanese -- Scrambling and information focus: VSO-VOS alternation in Tongan -- String-vacuous scrambling and the Effect on Output Condition -- Further notes on the interpretation of scrambling chains -- Back matter

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the syntax of the free word order phenomenon (scrambling) in a wide range of languages - in particular, German, Japanese, Kannada, Malayalam, Serbo-Croatian, Tagalog, Tongan, and Turkish - in some of which the phenomenon was previously unstudied. In the past, the syntax of free word order phenomena has been studied intensively with respect to its A- and A'-movement properties and in connection with its semantic (undoing) effects. The different articles in this volume offer new ways of analyzing free word order under (i) minimalist assumptions, (ii) concerning the typology of scrambling languages, (iii) with respect to the question of how it is acquired by



children, (iv) in connection with its relatedness to information structural factors, and (v) with respect to its consequences for a highly elaborated sentence structure of the IP/VP domain. The articles that focus mainly on the empirical aspects of free word order phenomena deal with the properties and proper analysis of rightwards scrambling in Turkish, with the A-/A'-nature and triggers for VSO-VOS alternations in Tongan, as well as with left-branch extractions and NP-Split in Slavic and its consequences for a typology of scrambling languages. The articles that focus on theoretical aspects of scrambling deal with questions concerning the motivation of a derivation with scrambling in a free word order language, such as whether scrambling has to be analyzed as topicalization or focus movement. Or assuming that scrambling is feature-driven, how the technical details of this analysis are implemented in the grammar to avoid unwarranted derivations, for example, derivations with string-vacuous scrambling. A further important question that is addressed is when scrambling is acquired in the development of the grammar, and what the consequences are for the timing of the acquisition of A- and A'-movement properties. This volume will be most relevant to researchers and advanced students interested in generative syntax, as well as typologists working on German, Japanese, Slavic, Turkish, Dravidian and Austronesian languages. We regret that due to a layout error the title of Miyagawa's article on "EPP and semantically vacuous scrambling" is misrepresented in the printed version of the book. You can download the article with the corrected title here.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910420953903321

Titolo

Discrimination, Challenge and Response : People of North East India / / edited by Venkat Pulla, Rituparna Bhattacharyya, Sanjai Bhatt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030462512

303046251X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXI, 203 p. 6 illus. in color.)

Collana

Mapping Global Racisms, , 2946-3149

Disciplina

307.14120954

300

Soggetti

Psychology

Critical criminology

Asia - Politics and government

Asia - History

Behavioral Sciences and Psychology

Critical Criminology

Asian Politics

Asian History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Discrimination, Challenge and Response in India: It's Time for Truth Telling; Venkat Pulla, Sanjai Bhatt, Rituparna Bhattacharyya -- 2. At the Intersections of Discrimination of Caste and Beyond; Venkat Pulla, Elizabeth Carter, Sanjai Bhatt -- 3. Viewing Racism through Gendered Lenses; Rituparna Bhattacharyya, Venkat Pulla -- 4. Understanding Ethnic Violence in North East India; Venkat Pulla, Bhairabi Nandini Kaushik, Bharath Bhushan Mamidi, Sanjai Bhatt -- 5. Women's Collective Action for Peace in the North Eastern Region; Rubi Devi, Kanchana - Lanzet, Venkat Pulla -- 6. North East Indians an their Contribution to Indian Literature; Dhurjjatti Sarma, Venkat Pulla -- 7. Nagas - A Bitter Past: From the British Period to Nehru; Rituparna Bhattacharya, Venkat Pulla -- 8. The Nagas Saga and an Uncertain Future? Nagas after Nehru to Modi; Rituparna Bhattacharya, Venkat



Pulla -- 9. Look/Act East Policy and North East India: Issues, Concerns and Opportunities; Venkat Pulla; Gunindra Nath Sarmah, Hiranya K. Nath -- 10. Recognising, Understanding and Responding to Racism in India; Venkat Pulla, Elizabeth Carter, Rittuparna Bhattacharya.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores discrimination against Northeast Indians, who have been frequently stereotyped as backwards, anti-national, anti-assimilationist, immoral, and relegated to low paying positions across retail, hospitality, telecommunications and wellness industries. The contributions draw on interviews with individuals who have migrated to other Indian cities and towns to find jobs and escape from native poverty, and provide a critical examination of the intersections between power, privilege and racial hierarchy in India today. The chapters cover a variety of perspectives including social movements and activism, history, policy, youth studies and gender studies. With a focus on marginalised communities, and the effects and persistence of racial inequality in a South Asian context, this collection will be an important contribution to critical race studies, public policy, human rights discourse, and social work.