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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821912803321

Autore

Lasnik Howard

Titolo

Minimalist investigations in linguistic theory / / Howard Lasnik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-67532-1

1-134-67533-X

1-280-11272-7

0-203-98720-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Collana

Routledge leading linguists ; ; 8

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Minimalist theory (Linguistics)

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

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 (p. 177-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgment; 1 Introduction; 2 Patterns of verb raising with auxiliary "be"; 3 Last resort and attract F; 4 Levels of representation and the elements of anaphora; 5 Pseudogapping puzzles; 6 On feature strength; 7 A gap in an ellipsis paradigm: some theoretical implications; 8 On a scope reconstruction paradox; 9 Some reconstruction riddles; 10 Chains of arguments; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Professor Howard Lasnik is one of the world's leading theoretical linguists. He has produced influential and important work in areas such as syntactic theory, logical form, and learnability. This collection of essays draws together some of his best work from his substantial contribution to linguistic theory.