Structure preserved : studies in syntax for Jan Koster / / edited by Jan-Wouter Zwart, Mark de Vries

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xxiii, 395 p
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax; Generative grammar
• Classificazione: 17.52
• Altri autori: ZwartC. Jan-Wouter VriesMark de KosterJan
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Structure Preserved -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- List of works (1971-2010 by Jan Koster -- a. author -- b. to appear -- c. editor -- d. unpublished -- interviews -- Unaccusative verbs in Chinese -- 1. The canonical concepts of ergativity -- 2. The basics of the Mandarin Chinese verb system -- 3. Aspect marking in Chinese -- 4. Unaccusativity tests -- 5. Conclusion: Does Chinese derive the unaccusative in the syntax or in the lexicon? -- References -- Gapping is always forward -- References -- Focus particle doubling -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Focus particle doubling -- 3. Focus particle doubling and the distributional paradox -- 4. The trigger of focus particle movement -- 5. Features of the functional head -- References -- Wh-drop and recoverability -- 1. Topic pronoun drop -- 2. Wh-drop -- 3. The formal license of wh-drop -- 4. An impression from Dutch -- 5. Comparison with L1-acquisition -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Two futures in infinitives -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Future = modal, or tense and modal -- 2. Temporal interpretations in Dutch infinitives -- 2.1 Propositional infinitivals -- 2.2 Irrealis infinitivals -- 2.3 The analysis of future oriented infinitivals -- 3. Auxiliaries in infinitival clauses -- 3.1 The auxiliary zullen -- 3.2 Future auxiliary in propositional infinitivals -- 3.3 No future auxiliary in irrealis infinitivals -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- A dynamic perspective on inflection -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Deflection -- 3. Deflection as an L2-phenomenon -- 4. Deflection in Dutch -- References -- Is there "preposition stranding in COMP" in Afrikaans? No way! -- References -- Restructuring verbs and the structure of Spanish clauses -- 1. The problem -- 2. Towards a solution -- 3. Further details -- 4. One remaining issue -- References. ; Cantonese as a tense second language -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Core ingredients -- 2. Cantonese -- 3. C-domain in Cantonese -- References -- On a selective "violation" of the Complex NP Constraint -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Dressed numerals and the structure of Universal Numeric Quantifiers -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A micro-comparative perspective on UNQ's -- 3. Numerals and emptiness -- 4. e as a reflex of Spec-Head agreement -- 5. Dressed numerical quantifiers -- 6. Alle as a dressed universal quantifier -- 7. Alle vier as an instance of first conjunct agreement -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Embedded inversion and successive cyclicity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Belfast English embedded inversion -- 3. Romance embedded inversion -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Little words don't lie -- 1. Seeming initial adjuncts in English phrases -- 2. A simple solution-with surprising consequences -- 3. Realizing adjuncts with economy of representation -- 4. The N0 suffixal head on pre-nominal adjectives -- 5. Null inflectional heads in English: Not really exceptional? -- 6. Null grammatical N in current English -- References -- Repairing head-to-head movement -- 1. A Pied Piping problem -- 2. The head movement constraint -- 3. The V0-to-V0 trigger -- 4. Final restatements -- References -- On the duality of patterning -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data compression -- 3. Data transmission -- 4. The emergence of the duality of patterning and structural complexity -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Reflexive cartography -- 1. Reflexives in Old English -- 2. Change in the determiner system -- 3. Modern English reflexives -- References -- What does eye-tracking reveal about children's knowledge of linguistic structure? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pronoun interpretation and linguistic theory -- 3. Using eye-tracking to assess children's knowledge. ; 4. Children's knowledge of Principle B -- 5. When evidence does not converge -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Depictives and the word orders of English and Dutch -- References -- Feature percolation in the Dutch possessive -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The problem -- 3. A solution -- References -- On the interruption of Verb-Raising clusters by nonverbal material -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Break-up of verbal clusters -- 2.1 Pure head-initial and head-final orders: 123 and 321 -- 2.2 Mixed clusters (head-initial and head -final subclusters) -- 2.3 Independent evidence: Particles in the verbal cluster in Dutch and Frisian -- 3. Concerning generalisation (9b) and the relation between sisterhood and linear order -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Referring to yourself in self-talk -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Self-talk data -- 3. The thinking self and the mindless self -- 4. The performative hypothesis -- References -- Case-Agreement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some considerations for the initial plausibility of Case-Agreement -- 3. Construct State nominals -- 4. False annexation: A problem that is only apparent -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Syntactic predictions in second-language sentence processing -- References -- Notes on French and English demonstratives -- References -- The accusative infinitive in Latin, English and Dutch -- 1. Limits -- 2. The accusativus cum infinitivo -- 3. Ieder meent zijn uil een valk te zijn -- 4. Why an accusative? -- References -- Identifying in Dutch -- 1. Identifying sentences and t-words -- 2. Properties of Identifying Sentences -- 3. Wh-questions & -- answers, anaphors & -- Topicalisation -- limits of contrastive preposing -- 4. T-word - Verb agreement in ISs -- 5. The ban on Awh-preposing and on Topicalising ISR complements. -- References -- What you (and God) only know -- References. ; Is agreement resolution part of core grammar? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Disjoined subjects -- 3. Conjoined subjects -- 4. Discussion -- References -- On Dutch allemaal and West Ulster English all -- The basic problem: Q-float in West Ulster English and Dutch -- References -- The universality of binding principles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Binding and cross-linguistic variation: The issue -- 2.1. Reflexives and reflexive-marking -- 2.2 Chains and economy -- 3. How primitive can languages be? Demystifying 'exotic' languages. -- 4. By way of conclusion -- References -- Grappling with Graft -- 1. Preamble -- 2. Some examples of grafts -- 3. Graft is Merge -- 4. Graft, internally headed relatives, and the theta criterion -- 5. A typological conjecture -- References -- Game Theory and the control of empty categories in grammar -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Game Theory -- 2.1 Encapsulated Game Theory and linguistic structure -- 2.2 Cooperation and partial control -- 2.3 Cooperation and intentionality -- 3. Implicit objects -- 3.1 Reflexives and empty cooperative objects -- 3.2 Incorporation and evidence for an empty object -- 4. Counter-examples -- 4.1 Implicit dative empty categories -- 4.2 Game Theory application -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Copy what? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The data -- 2.1 Method -- 2.2 Results -- 3. No more copying? -- References -- Free relatives at the interface -- 1. The problem -- 2. Are free relatives really D-headed? -- 2.1 Determiner morphology on relative operators -- 2.2 Matching effects -- 2.3 Locality -- 2.4 Definiteness -- 2.5 Problems -- 3. Free relatives are free! -- 3.1 Predictions and consequences -- 3.2 Open ends -- Menace under the microscope -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic Puzzle: Control Shift -- 3. Raising and Control -- 4. The Control Shift puzzle: Logic and outline of a solution -- 5. Beyond menacer. ; 6. Still further inward: Beyond Agents -- References -- Case-alignment and verb placement -- 1. Goals -- 2. Reinterpreting Burzio's Generalization -- 3. The nanosyntax of case -- 4. Ergativity -- 5. Ergative EA in Nom/Acc-languages -- 6. Raising to Acc -- 7. Ergativity and constituent order -- References -- Diminutive Ks? -- 1. Diminutive morphemes and morphological percolation -- 2. Distribution of diminutive forms and inflection -- 3. Problems -- 4. Conclusions -- Don't forget the determiners, Jan -- References -- Empty subjects and empty objects -- 1. Subject clauses -- 2. Specification/parallel construal -- 3. Specification of zero subjects (versus dislocation) -- Island Fever -- References -- Something else on variables in syntax -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Synopsis -- 3. Focus -- 4. The relevance of focus -- 5. Strict and sloppy identity -- 6. Binding is something else -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Language index -- Name index -- Subject index -- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Structure is at the rock-bottom of all explanatory sciences" (Jan Koster). Forty years ago, the hypothesis that underlying the bewildering variety of syntactic phenomena are general and unified structural patterns of unexpected beauty and simplicity gave rise to major advancements in the study of Dutch and Germanic syntax, with important implications for the theory of grammar as a whole. Jan Koster was one of the central figures in this development, and he has continued to explore the structure preserving hypothesis throughout his illustrious career. This collection of articles by over forty syntacticians celebrates the advancements made in the study of syntax over the past forty years, reflecting on the structural principles underlying syntactic phenomena and emulating the approach to syntactic analysis embodied in Jan Koster's teaching and research.
• Titolo autorizzato: Structure preserved
• ISBN: 1-282-72159-3; 9786612721595; 90-272-8790-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809709903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II