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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456699103321

Autore

Gelderen Elly van

Titolo

The rise of functional categories [[electronic resource] /] / Elly van Gelderen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993

ISBN

9786613234308

1-283-23430-0

90-272-8242-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Linguistik aktuell, , 0166-0829 ; ; v. 9

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Grammatical categories

Generative grammar

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 (p. [207]-214) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Functional Category T in English; 2. Languages without a special Node for Tense; 3. The Introduction of a Tense Node; 4. Tense in Non-Finite Clauses; 5. Feature Selection; 6. AGRsP and Agreement Features; 7. Functional Categories between Neg and VP; 8. Aspect; 9. Conclusion; Notes; References; Reference Index; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years, word order has come to be seen, within a Government Binding/Minimalist framework, as determined by functional as well as lexical categories. Within this framework, functional categories are often seen as present in every language without evidence being available in that language. This book contains arguments that even though Universal Grammar makes functional categories available, the language learner must decide whether or not to incorporate them in his or her grammar. For instance, it is shown that English has one (not two as often assumed) functional category between the co