04025nam 2200781 a 450 991078869130332120230823211302.01-283-62873-23-11-029095-2978661394118310.1515/9783110290950(CKB)3360000000446166(EBL)893669(OCoLC)815382749(SSID)ssj0000751737(PQKBManifestationID)12369370(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000751737(PQKBWorkID)10753428(PQKB)11197978(MiAaPQ)EBC893669(DE-B1597)177351(OCoLC)843634949(OCoLC)853237243(DE-B1597)9783110290950(Au-PeEL)EBL893669(CaPaEBR)ebr10606392(CaONFJC)MIL394118(EXLCZ)99336000000044616620120806d2012 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLocal instability split topicalization and quantifier float in German /Dennis OttBerlin ;Boston :De Gruyter,2012.1 online resource (184 pages)Linguistische Arbeiten,0344-6727 ;544Originially presented as the author's thesis (doctoral-Harvard University) under the title: Local instability: The Syntax of Split Topics, 2011.3-11-029037-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --0 Acknowledgments --Contents --1 Introduction: Aims and Scope --2 Split Topics: Empirical Properties and Theoretical Problems --3 The Syntax of Split Topics: A Novel Approach --4 An Extension to Quantifer Float --5 Conclusion and Outlook --References --IndexThis monograph argues for a novel approach to split topicalization and quantifier float in German, based on the premise that syntactic structure-building proceeds solely via free application of Merge. Following recent developments in the pursuit of a more principled theory of syntax, it is argued that the stipulative notion of 'projection' ought to be dispensed with: syntactic objects created by Merge are not headed, and endocentricity arises due to a simple search algorithm. When this algorithm fails, specifically in symmetric {XP,YP} structures, an unlabeled constituent results; where a label is required, such structures are locally unstable. It is argued that both split topics and floated quantifiers are the result of this kind of local instability: when an exocentric predication structure is merged in argument or adjunct position, XP must be displaced at the phase level to allow for determination of a label. It is this symmetry-breaking movement that yields the 'split constituent' in surface form. Based on careful empirical scrutiny of two recalcitrant problems for syntactic theory, the present work adduces substantial support for a 'minimalist' grammatical architecture devoid of phrase-structural residue.Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ;544.German languageLocative constructionsGerman languageSyntaxGerman languageQuantifiersGerman languageGrammarMinimalist theory (Linguistics)Asymmetry.Movement.Quantifier Float.Split Topicalization.Syntax.German languageLocative constructions.German languageSyntax.German languageQuantifiers.German languageGrammar.Minimalist theory (Linguistics)435Ott Dennis1983-1558668MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788691303321Local instability3823245UNINA