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200 10$aLocal instability $esplit topicalization and quantifier float in German /$fDennis Ott
210  1$aBerlin ;$aBoston :$cDe Gruyter,$d2012.
215   $a1 online resource (184 pages)
225 1 $aLinguistische Arbeiten,$x0344-6727 ;$v544
300   $aOriginially presented as the author's thesis (doctoral-Harvard University) under the title: Local instability: The Syntax of Split Topics, 2011.
311 0 $a3-11-029037-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tFront matter --$t0 Acknowledgments --$tContents --$t1 Introduction: Aims and Scope --$t2 Split Topics: Empirical Properties and Theoretical Problems --$t3 The Syntax of Split Topics: A Novel Approach --$t4 An Extension to Quantifer Float --$t5 Conclusion and Outlook --$tReferences --$tIndex
330   $aThis monograph argues for a novel approach to split topicalization and quantifier float in German, based on the premise that syntactic structure-building proceeds solely via free application of Merge. Following recent developments in the pursuit of a more principled theory of syntax, it is argued that the stipulative notion of 'projection' ought to be dispensed with: syntactic objects created by Merge are not headed, and endocentricity arises due to a simple search algorithm. When this algorithm fails, specifically in symmetric {XP,YP} structures, an unlabeled constituent results; where a label is required, such structures are locally unstable. It is argued that both split topics and floated quantifiers are the result of this kind of local instability: when an exocentric predication structure is merged in argument or adjunct position, XP must be displaced at the phase level to allow for determination of a label. It is this symmetry-breaking movement that yields the 'split constituent' in surface form. Based on careful empirical scrutiny of two recalcitrant problems for syntactic theory, the present work adduces substantial support for a 'minimalist' grammatical architecture devoid of phrase-structural residue.
410  0$aLinguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ;$v544.
606   $aGerman language$xLocative constructions
606   $aGerman language$xSyntax
606   $aGerman language$xQuantifiers
606   $aGerman language$xGrammar
606   $aMinimalist theory (Linguistics)
610   $aAsymmetry.
610   $aMovement.
610   $aQuantifier Float.
610   $aSplit Topicalization.
610   $aSyntax.
615  0$aGerman language$xLocative constructions.
615  0$aGerman language$xSyntax.
615  0$aGerman language$xQuantifiers.
615  0$aGerman language$xGrammar.
615  0$aMinimalist theory (Linguistics)
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