Syntactic derivations [[electronic resource] ] : a nontransformational view / / Ulf Brosziewski

• Autore: Brosziewski Ulf
• Pubblicazione: Tübingen, : M. Niemeyer, 2003
• Edizione: Reprint 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (112 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Phrase structure grammar; Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax
• Classificazione: ET 710
• Note generali: A revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cologne, 2000.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-101).
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Overview -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Phrase Structure -- 3. Syntactic Derivations -- 4. Summary -- 5. References
• Sommario/riassunto: This study investigates a model of syntactic derivations that is based on a new concept of dislocation, i.e., of 'movement' phenomena. Derivations are conceived of as a compositional process that constructs larger syntactic units out of smaller ones without any phrase-structure representations, as in categorial grammars. It is demonstrated that a simple extension of this view can account for dislocation without gap features, chains, or structural transformations. Basically, it is assumed that movement 'splits' a syntactic expression into two parts, which form a derivational unit but enter separately into the formation of larger constituents. The study shows that in this approach, if common assumptions about selection and licensing are added, a small and coherent set of axioms suffices to deduce fundamental syntactic generalizations that transformational theories express in terms of X-bar-Theory and various constraints on movement. These generalizations include, for example, equivalents to the C-Command Condition and the Head Movement Constraint, the 'structure-preserving' nature of dislocation, its 'economical' character, and elementary bounding principles.
• Titolo autorizzato: Syntactic derivations
• ISBN: 3-11-095356-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785865003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ; ; 470.