Deriving coordinate symmetries : a phase-based approach integrating select, merge, copy and match / / John R. te Velde

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828407803321
• Autore: Velde John R. te
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2005
• ISBN: 1-282-15602-0; 9786612156021; 90-272-9372-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (395 p.)
• Collana: Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, , 0166-0829 ; ; v. 89
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetti: Grammar, Comparative and general - Coordinate constructions; Grammar, Comparative and general - Ellipsis; Parallelism (Linguistics); Asymmetry (Linguistics)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-370) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Deriving Coordinate Symmetries -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations -- Outline of the study -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Features and matching in coordination -- 1.3. Merge and phase in the derivation of coordinate structures -- 1.4. Ellipsis in conjunction -- 1.5. Coordinate ellipsis and the structure of Germanic -- Features and matching in coordination -- 2.1. Coordinate Feature Matching (CFM) -- 2.2. Features in syntax vs. in coordination -- 2.3. Features in coordination -- 2.3.1. Symmetry and features in conjunction: questions raised -- 2.3.2. Asymmetry and features in coordination -- 2.3.3. Configurations and agreement in coordinate structures -- 2.3.4. Configurations and (a)symmetry in coordinate structures -- 2.4. Feature matching in derivation -- 2.4.1. CFM within a derivational model -- 2.4.2. On the syntax and semantics of [&amp -- ] -- 2.4.3. Some semantic issues of coordination and agreement -- 2.4.4. The core relations and their features in coordinate symmetry -- 2.4.5. Independent support for CFM from experiments -- 2.4.6. Deriving coordinate symmetry -- 2.4.7. Feature matching and structural isometricity -- 2.5. Feature matching and configurations -- ; 2.5.1. Camacho (2000) on syntactic symmetries in coordination -- 2.5.2. An alternate proposal -- 2.5.3. Symmetry and sharing in conjoined clauses -- 2.5.4. Feature matching in certain asymmetric constructions -- 2.5.5. weil+V2: Conjunction-clause and syntax-semantics mismatches -- 2.5.6. Summarizing the mismatches -- 2.6. Symmetry within asymmetry through Select, Copy and Match -- 2.7. Chapter summary and conclusions -- Deriving coordinate structures -- 3.1. Some background -- 3.2. Binary phrase structure, asymmetry and coordination -- 3.3. Coordination in the Spec-head-complement model -- 3.3.1. Move alpha not required in conjunction.; 3.3.2. Unbalanced coordination -- 3.4. Properties of [&amp -- ] and clausal conjuncts -- 3.4.1. [&amp -- ] does not project a phrase -- 3.4.2. [&amp -- ] does not assign or check Case -- 3.4.3. Non-projecting [&amp -- ] and asymmetric agreement -- 3.4.4. Not all coordinate constructions are CP-based -- 3.5. Conjunction as a pure Merge operation -- 3.5.1. Steps in conjunction -- 3.5.2. Comparing conjunction by pure Merge to other models -- 3.5.3. Solutions available in a phase-based model -- 3.5.4. The role of CFM in a derivational model -- 3.5.5. Feature Matching in conjunction vs. in simplex sentences -- 3.5.6. Selection and sequence issues -- 3.6. An account of breakdown in agreement using a CFM-based derivational model -- 3.6.1. Abstract, morphological and default Case -- 3.6.2. Symmetry and derivational economy -- 3.6.3. Breakdown and prescriptiveness in English -- 3.7. Chapter conclusion -- Deriving coordinate ellipsis -- 4.0. Introduction -- 4.1. Some core properties of and basic assumptions about ellipsis -- 4.1.1. Core properties -- 4.1.2. Parallelism: Its properties, source and role in coordinate ellipsis -- 4.1.3. Coordinate ellipsis, matching and sloppy identity -- 4.1.4. Asymmetry versus coordinate symmetry: Gap or no gap? -- 4.2. Licensing of gaps -- 4.2.1. Williams' proposal and an alternative -- 4.2.2. Licensing locally by a lexical head at the left edge -- 4.2.3. Licensing locally by a prosodic feature at the right edge -- 4.2.4. Licensing by a prosodic feature conjunct-internally -- 4.3. Recovery of gaps by matching in LF -- 4.3.1. Recovery in LEE -- 4.3.2. Recovery in RNR -- 4.3.3. Recovery in Gapping -- 4.4. VPE -- 4.4.1. Binding, not matching -- 4.4.2. Some additional contrasts and a conclusion -- 4.5. Coordinate ellipsis and derivation by phase with Copy and Match -- 4.5.1. Deriving coordinate ellipsis.; 4.5.2. Symmetric ellipsis in non-coordinate structures -- 4.5.3. ATB phenomena and the CSC: Ross's generalization and what it accounts for -- 4.5.4. Comparing the parasitic gap construction to the ATB construction -- 4.6. Chapter summary and conclusion -- Coordinate ellipsis and the structure of West Germanic -- 5.0. Introduction -- 5.1. The left edge and coordinate ellipsis -- 5.1.1. LEE and the left edge in Germanic: Reviewing the data -- 5.1.2. Büring and Hartmann (1998) on left-edge subject gaps -- 5.1.3. Comparing a VPR account of left-edge subject gaps -- 5.1.4. Phase Theory, subject-object asymmetries and LEE -- 5.2. Other types of coordinate ellipsis and the West Germanic CP-domain -- 5.2.1. RNR and subject-object asymmetries -- 5.2.2. Gapping, RNR and subject-object asymmetries -- 5.3. Coordination and a finely-structured CP-domain -- 5.4. Gapping and the structure of the German VP -- 5.5. Chapter conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- References -- Appendix -- Left-Edge Subject Deletion -- Left-Edge Direct-Object Deletion -- Left-Edge Indirect-Object Deletion -- Gapping -- Right-Edge Ellipsis (a.k.a. RNR -- some sentences also have Gapping) -- Note -- Name index -- Subject index -- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.
• Sommario/riassunto: This monograph proposes a minimalist, phase-based approach to the derivation of coordinate structures, utilizing the operations Copy and Match to account for both the symmetries and asymmetries of coordination. Data are drawn primarily from English, German and Dutch. The basic assumptions are that all coordinate structures are symmetric to some degree (in contrast to parasitic gap and many verb phrase ellipsis constructions), and these symmetries, especially with ellipsis, allow syntactic derivations to utilize Copy and Match in interface with active memory for economizing with gaps and assuring clarity of interpretation. With derivations operating at the feature level, troublesome properties of coordinate structures such as cross-categorial and non-constituent coordination, violations of the Coordinate Structure Constraint, as well as coordinate ellipsis (Gapping, RNR, Left-Edge Ellipsis) are accounted for without separate mechanisms or conditions applicable only to coordinate structures. The proposal provides support for central assumptions about the structure of West Germanic.