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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450095703321

Titolo

Subject inversion in Romance and the theory of universal grammar [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Aafke Hulk, Jean-Yves Pollock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

1-280-53124-X

1-4237-3808-X

0-19-534954-7

1-60256-442-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in comparative syntax

Altri autori (Persone)

HulkA (Aafke)

PollockJ.-Y (Jean-Yves)

Disciplina

440.045

440/.045

Soggetti

Romance languages - Word order

Romance languages - Topic and comment

Grammar, Comparative and general

Electronic books.

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

Contents; Contributors; 1. Subject Positions in Romance and the Theory of Universal Grammar; 2. On Inversion in Wh-questions in Romance; 3. ""Inversion"" as Focalization; 4. Marked versus Unmarked Inversion and Optimality Theory; 5. New Thoughts on Stylistic Inversion; 6. Subject Extraction, the Distribution of Expletives, and Stylistic Inversion; 7. The Constraint on Preverbal Subjects in Romance Interrogatives: A Minimality Effect; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The Romance Languages document remarkable variations in subject word order in different constructions, and have various restrictions in their occurrence. No consensus has emerged on what the paramaters are for such variations. This volume does not attempt to create a consensus, but tries to represent and bring into dialogue the different sides of the debate.