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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462264303321

Autore

Emonds Joseph E

Titolo

Lexicon and grammar [[electronic resource] ] : the English syntacticon / / by Joseph E. Emonds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 2000

ISBN

3-11-087299-4

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

xxiii, 470 p. : ill

Collana

Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] ; ; 50

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Syntax

English language - Grammar, Generative

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-461) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author's academic biography -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. Categories and feature inventories of Universal Grammar -- Chapter 2. Subcategorization: Syntax as the material basis of semantics -- Chapter 3. Subcategorization inside words: Morphology as grammatical compounding -- Chapter 4. Multi-level lexical insertion: Explaining Inflection and Derivation -- Chapter 5. Passive syntactic structures -- Chapter 6. The genesis of flat structures: Linking verbs, "light" verbs and "restructuring" -- Appendix to chapter 6. Causative and perception verb "clause union" -- Chapter 7. Subcategorization across syntactic empty heads -- Chapter 8. The restricted complement space of lexical frames -- Chapter 9. Licensing and identification of null complements -- Chapter 10. Understood subjects: Generalizing Pro -- Summary of principles -- Sample Lexicon -- References -- Subject Index