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UNINA9910458613403321 |
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Subjects, expletives, and the EPP [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter Svenonius |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2002 |
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1-280-83515-X |
0-19-534385-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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Oxford studies in comparative syntax |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax |
Language and languages - Grammars |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. The Que/Qui Alternation and the Distribution of Expletives; 3. Icelandic Expletive Constructions and the Distribution of Subject Types; 4. Expletives, Subjects, and Topics in Finnish; 5. The EPP in a Topic-Prominent Language; 6. The Extended Projection Principle as a Condition on the Tense Dependency; 7. Parameters of Subject Inflection in Italian Dialects; 8. Subject Positions and the Placement of Adverbials; Index |
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This collection of previously unpublished articles examines Noam Chomsky's Extended Projection Principle and its relationship to subjects and expletives (works like ""it"" that stand for other words). Re-examining Chomsky's proposition that each clause must have a subject, these articles represent the current state of the debate, particularly with respect to the theory's universal applicability across languages. Presenting an international and highly respected group of contributors, the volume explores these questions in a variety of languages, including Italian, Finnish, Icelandic, and Hungar |
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UNINA9910678059603321 |
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Prendergast Thomas A (Thomas Augustine) |
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30 great myths about Chaucer / / Thomas A. Prendergast and Stephanie Trigg |
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Hoboken, New Jersey ; ; Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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1-119-19407-5 |
1-119-19406-7 |
1-119-19408-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 212 pages) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: Mythical Chaucer -- Chaucer is the father of English literature -- Chaucer was the first English poet -- Chaucer suffered an unrequited love -- Chaucer's marriage was unhappy -- Chaucer's son Thomas was John of Gaunt's bastard -- Chaucer's language is too difficult for modern readers -- The Canterbury pilgrims represent all social classes and character types -- The Canterbury pilgrims are based on real people -- The Canterbury pilgrims form a "merry company" -- Chaucer was a feminist -- Chaucer was guilty of rape -- Chaucer had a falling out with his best friend -- Chaucer lived in the Middle Ages -- Chaucer was a proto-Protestant -- Chaucer was antisemitic -- Chaucer was a spy -- Chaucer was a crook -- Chaucer was a political opportunist -- The Wife of Bath murdered her husbands -- Chaucer "outs" the Pardoner -- Chaucer never finished the Canterbury Tales -- Chaucer is obscene -- Chaucer was skeptical of chivalry -- Chaucer described himself in his works -- Chaucer wrote the first psychological novel in English -- Chaucer was in danger of being thrown in debtor's prison -- Chaucer renounced his works on his deathbed -- Chaucer is buried in his own tomb -- Chaucer was the first poet laureate -- Contemporary literary theory is irrelevant to Chaucer. |
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"Chaucer is regularly named as the father of English poetry, the father of English literature, the father of English literary history, the father of the English language, even the father of England itself. This first "myth," with all these associations, is probably the most foundational one for this book, as it sits behind many of the conceptions and emotional investments readers have in the familiar figure of Geoffrey Chaucer. It is also the myth that exemplifies the ways in which this concept in literary history is both instructive and yet also potentially confusing. The idea of fatherhood over a literary tradition is a powerful metaphor that is intimately tied up with ideas of nationalism, but we can fruitfully unpack its significance and its history. We may also observe that this kind of praise can be a mixed blessing in the changing fashions of literary study"-- |
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