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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451698003321

Titolo

Foundational issues in linguistic theory [[electronic resource] ] : essays in honor of Jean-Roger Vergnaud / / edited by Robert Freidin, Carlos P. Otero, and Maria Luisa Zubizarreta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

0-262-27315-2

1-4356-4901-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (425 p.)

Collana

Current studies in linguistics ; ; 45

Altri autori (Persone)

VergnaudJean-Roger

FreidinRobert

OteroCarlos Peregrín <1930->

ZubizarretaMaria Luisa

Disciplina

410

Soggetti

Linguistics

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

Letter to Noam Chomsky and Howard Lasnik on "filters and control," April 17, 1977 / Jean-Roger Vergnaud -- On the development of case theory : triumphs and challenges / Howard Lasnik -- Uninterpretable features are incompatible in morphology with other minimalist postulates / M. Rita Manzini & Leonardo M. Savoia -- Parallel nominal and verbal projections / Karine Megerdoomian -- Clause structure and the syntax of verbless sentences / Elabbas Benmamoun -- On phases / Noam Chomsky -- Phasal agreement and reconstruction / Alain Rouveret -- Superiority, reconstruction, and islands / Cedric Boeckx & Norbert Hornstein -- Identity avoidance: OCP effects in Swiss relatives / Henk van Riemsdijk -- Ellipsis and missing objects / Joseph Aoun & Yen-hui Audrey Li -- Tokenism and identity in anaphora / Edwin Williams -- Some preliminary comparative remarks on French and Italian definite articles / Richard S. Kayne -- Reduplication / Morris Halle -- The logic of contrast / B. Elan Dresher.

Sommario/riassunto

The essays in this volume attest to the importance of Verngaud's contribution to linguistics, particularly his influential work on



foundational issues. The essays first discuss issues in syntax, documenting breakthroughs in the development of the principles and parameters framework.