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Autore: |
Ott Dennis <1983->
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Titolo: |
Local instability : split topicalization and quantifier float in German / / Dennis Ott
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Pubblicazione: | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (184 pages) |
Disciplina: | 435 |
Soggetto topico: | German language - Locative constructions |
German language - Syntax | |
German language - Quantifiers | |
German language - Grammar | |
Minimalist theory (Linguistics) | |
Soggetto non controllato: | Asymmetry |
Movement | |
Quantifier Float | |
Split Topicalization | |
Syntax | |
Note generali: | Originially presented as the author's thesis (doctoral-Harvard University) under the title: Local instability: The Syntax of Split Topics, 2011. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | This 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Local instability ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-283-62873-2 |
3-11-029095-2 | |
9786613941183 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910788691303321 |
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