The rise of functional categories [[electronic resource] /] / Elly van Gelderen

• Autore: Gelderen Elly van
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Grammatical categories; Generative grammar
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-214) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Functional Category T in English; 2. Languages without a special Node for Tense; 3. The Introduction of a Tense Node; 4. Tense in Non-Finite Clauses; 5. Feature Selection; 6. AGRsP and Agreement Features; 7. Functional Categories between Neg and VP; 8. Aspect; 9. Conclusion; Notes; References; Reference Index; General Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In recent years, word order has come to be seen, within a Government Binding/Minimalist framework, as determined by functional as well as lexical categories. Within this framework, functional categories are often seen as present in every language without evidence being available in that language. This book contains arguments that even though Universal Grammar makes functional categories available, the language learner must decide whether or not to incorporate them in his or her grammar. For instance, it is shown that English has one (not two as often assumed) functional category between the co
• Titolo autorizzato: The rise of functional categories
• ISBN: 9786613234308; 1-283-23430-0; 90-272-8242-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456699103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Linguistik aktuell ; ; Bd. 9.