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UNINA9910823239803321 |
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Autore |
Ernst Thomas Boyden |
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The syntax of adjuncts / / Thomas Ernst [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
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1-107-11924-3 |
1-280-42943-7 |
9786610429431 |
0-511-17592-2 |
0-511-15661-8 |
0-511-32548-7 |
0-511-48625-1 |
0-511-04950-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 555 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge studies in linguistics ; ; 96 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Grammar, Comparative and general - Adverbials |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Adjuncts |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax |
Semantics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. The Semantics of Predicational Adverbs -- 3. The Scopal Basis of Adverb Licensing -- 4. Arguments for Right-Adjunction -- 5. Noncanonical Orders and the Structure of VP -- 6. Event-Internal Adjuncts -- 7. Adjunct Licensing in the AuxRange -- 8. Adjuncts in Clause-Initial Projections -- 9. Conclusions and Prospects. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book proposes a theory of the distribution of adverbial adjuncts in a Principles and Parameters framework, claiming that there are few syntactic principles specific to adverbials; rather, for the most part, adverbials adjoin freely to any projection. Adjuncts' possible hierarchical positions are determined by whether they can receive a proper interpretation, according to their selectional (including scope) requirements and general compositional rules, while linear order is determined by hierarchical position along with a system of |
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directionality principles and morphological weight, both of which apply generally to adjuncts and all other syntactic elements. A wide range of adverbial types is analysed; predicational adverbs (such as manner, and modal adverbs), domain expressions like financially, temporal, frequency, duration and focusing adverbials; participant PPs (e.g. locatives and benefactives); resultative and conditional clauses, and others, taken primarily from English, Chinese, French and Italian, with occasional reference to others (such as German and Japanese). |
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