(Re)labeling

(Re)labeling

by Cecchetto, Carlo

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This book owes its title to a simple idea: words are special because they can provide a label for nothing when they merge with some other category. An exemplification of this special power of words is introduced by the familiar head-complement configurations. For example, the structure that is created when a verb and a direct object DP are merged receives a label from the verb, namely it is a VP. One idea that unifies the linguistic analyses presented in this book is that a word can provide the…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :(Re)labeling / Carlo Cecchetto & Caterina Donati.

Summary

This book owes its title to a simple idea: words are special because they can provide a label for nothing when they merge with some other category. An exemplification of this special power of words is introduced by the familiar head-complement configurations. For example, the structure that is created when a verb and a direct object DP are merged receives a label from the verb, namely it is a VP. One idea that unifies the linguistic analyses presented in this book is that a word can provide the label even in case of movement.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2015

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):The MIT Press
  • Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2015

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xiii, 190 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780262327220, 0262327228, 0262028727, 9780262028721, 0262527219, 9780262527217
  • oclc:ocn922697922
  • LC Classification:P291
  • Dewey Decimal:415

Subjects

Generative grammar Grammaire générative Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syn… LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguist… LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General Parallelism (Linguistics) Parallélisme (linguistique) Syntaxe

Writers

Cecchetto, Carlo Donati, Caterina

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