Provocative syntax

by Branigan, Phil

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Full title :Provocative syntax / Phil Branigan.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:cop. 2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):MIT Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:cop. 2011.

Notes

Índice.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 176 p. : : il. ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780262014991, 0262014998, 9780262515597, 0262515598
oclc:on1026110180
LC Classification:P291
Dewey Decimal:415

Provocation. Introduction -- The inner workings of provocation -- Virtues of provocation -- Clausal provocation -- Chain formation -- Provoking head movement -- Provocative case studies. Quotative inversion -- Negative inversion -- Germanic verb-second clauses -- Force and provocation. Evidence for fin-to-force movement -- On wh-movement -- The distribution of embedded-verb second clauses -- Appendix: selection of clausal complements -- Provoking trace deletion. Introduction -- That-trace effects -- Crosslinguistic variation -- A spooky constraint -- Short wh-movement in embedded questions.

Subjects

English language -- Syntax Gramática comparada y general -- Cláusu… Grammar, Comparative and general -- Cla… Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syn… Inglés -- sintaxis Lengua inglesa -- Sintaxis Minimalist theory (Linguistics) Sintaxis Teoría minimalista (Lingüística)