1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791685103321

Autore

Roberts Ian G

Titolo

Agreement and head movement : clitics, incorporation, and defective goals / / Ian Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-262-28871-0

0-262-28972-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Linguistic inquiry monographs ; ; 59

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Head-driven phrase structure grammar

Grammar, Comparative and general - Agreement

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. [253]-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

LF-effects of head movement -- Head movement and pied-piping -- Cliticization -- Verb movement and incorporation -- Head movement and the theory of movement -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Here, Ian Roberts explores the consequences of Chomsky's conjecture that head-movement is not part of the narrow syntax the computational system that relates the lexicon to the interfaces.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828655303321

Autore

Dufresne Pierre Martin

Titolo

18° : Capital Gate - leaning tower of Abu Dhabi : the ultimate diagrid / / Pierre Martin Dufresne and Jeff Schofield ; photography by Gerry O'Leary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : Birkhauser, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

3-03821-018-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

720.95357

Soggetti

Architecture - United Arab Emirates - Dubayy (Emirate)

Architecture - United Arab Emirates - Abū Ẓaby

Abū Ẓaby (United Arab Emirates)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- INHALT -- PREFACE -- THE SKYSCRAPER RECONSIDERED: THE COMPLEXITY OF SOARING -- URBAN PLANNING AND CONTEXT -- ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION -- STRUCTURAL INNOVATIONS -- FAÇADE INNOVATIONS -- CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES -- SUSTAINABLE ASPECTS -- INTERIOR DESIGN -- PROJECT DATA -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

Sommario/riassunto

Spektakulärer Turm in Abu Dhabi

This spectacular building is at the crossroads of dominating architectural trends: parametrically designed, it features a Diagrid structural frame and an innovate structural core, allowing it to be the world’s furthest leaning tower. Developed by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Company, it will host, on its opening in 2013, the Exhibition Center and a Hyatt Hotel. The combination of technological pioneership with a striking appearance and a world-wide functional use will bring this building to the attention of all those who cherish the challenge in contemporary lifestyle. To be published in time for the buildings opening, this book by the building’s leading architects will convey the drama and the details in a stunning volume.