Principles and parameters in a VSO language : a case study in Welsh / / Ian G. Roberts

• Autore: Roberts Ian G
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 207 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 491.6/65
• Soggetto topico: Welsh language - Syntax; Welsh language - Grammar, Generative
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Analysis of VSO Languages; 1.1 The Subject Leaves VP; 1.2 Against Generalized V-to-C; 1.3 Conclusion; Chapter 2: Case, Agreement, and Mutation; 2.1 The V-Feature; 2.2 DP-Licensing and Case; 2.3 The Syntax of Direct Object Mutation; 2.4 Conclusion; Chapter 3: Genitive Case, Word Order in DP, and Objects of Non-Finite Verbs; 3.1 Evidence for N-Movement in Welsh; 3.2 Verbal Nouns and Their Complements; 3.3 Conclusion; Chapter 4: The C-System and the Extended Projection Principle; 4.1 Welsh Particles; 4.2 Breton; 4.3 Second Position and the EPP ; 4.4 Conclusion Chapter 5: Head-Movement and EPP-Features; 5.1 Head-Movement; 5.2 A Formal Characterization of EPP-Effects; 5.3 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: An exploration of the main syntactic properties of Welsh Roberts puts forward a general analysis of clause structure agreement, case-marking & other phenomena. He also offers a comparative analysis of these phenomena in relation to other Celtic languages, Germanic & Romance languages.
• Titolo autorizzato: Principles and parameters in a VSO language
• ISBN: 0-19-803756-2; 0-19-534708-0; 1-280-70416-0; 9786610704163; 0-19-516821-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820715003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford studies in comparative syntax.