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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781983003321

Autore

Müller Gereon <1964->

Titolo

Constraints on displacement [[electronic resource] ] : a phase-based approach / / Gereon Müller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

1-283-31470-3

9786613314703

90-272-8408-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Collana

Language faculty and beyond

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Principles and parameters (Linguistics)

Generative grammar

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

Constraints on Displacement; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; 1.Locality constraints; 2.(G)MLC and CED in minimalist syntax; 3.On deriving (G)MLC effects from the PIC; 4.On deriving CED effects from the PIC; 5.Operator island effects; 6.Movement from verb-second clauses; 7.Island repair by ellipsis; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph sets out to derive the effects of standard constraints on displacement like the Minimal Link Condition (MLC) and the Condition on Extraction Domain (CED) from more basic principles in a minimalist approach. Assuming that movement via phase edges is possible only in the presence of edge features on phase heads, simple restrictions can be introduced on when such edge features can be inserted derivationally. The resulting system is shown to correctly predict MLC/CED effects (including certain exceptions, like intervention without c-command and melting). In addition, it derives oper