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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782817803321

Titolo

Explorations of phase theory [[electronic resource] ] : features and arguments / / edited by Kleanthes K. Grohmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, NY, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009

ISBN

1-282-07345-1

9786612073458

3-11-021396-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Interface explorations ; ; 18

Classificazione

ET 100

Altri autori (Persone)

GrohmannKleanthes K

Disciplina

415/.0182

Soggetti

Minimalist theory (Linguistics)

Generative grammar

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Exploring features and arguments -- Remarks on features -- Feature valuation by sideward movement -- On Incrementality, overt agreement, theta-roles and Spec,Head relations in the phase-based framework -- Structural case, locality and cyclicity -- PRO, pro and NP-trace (raising) are interpretations -- Movement of arguments and negative feature -- Inner aspect and phases -- How to become passive -- Ergativity, accusativity, and the order of Merge and Agree -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first volume dedicated to the study of formal features and the expression of arguments within Phase Theory, the latest model of syntactic theorizing within the Minimalist Program. The collection addresses the nature of formal features and their role in the syntactic computation as well as checking mechanisms and configurations. It also investigates theoretical issues underlying the nature of syntactic arguments and their licensing (argument structure at large) and specific grammatical operations involving arguments (abstract and morphological case, empty elements, passivization, negation, and aspect). The chapters presented in this volume provide case studies from several, typologically unrelated languages. Apart from novel



analyses of new as well as well-known facts, the contributions also provide interesting aspects of and challenges for Phase Theory in general, by critically exploring a number of theoretical extensions, proposing new syntactic mechanisms, and sharpening our tools for linguistic analysis.