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Parameters and Functional Heads: Essays in Comparative Syntax (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)

By Adriana Belletti , Luigi Rizzi

Book information

Year
1996
ISBN
0195087933, 9780195087932, 9781423734826
LCC
P291 .P36 1996
Open Library ID
OL1426200M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17781851 bytes)
Pages
312\309
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The essays collected in this volume, most previously unpublished, address a number of closely interconnected issues raised by the comparative syntax of functional heads within the Principles-and-Parameters approach. The general theory of head movement, the properties of derived structures created by incorporation, and the parameterization involved are the main theoretical foci. One major empirical area which is addressed concerns head movement in configurations involving certain kinds of operator-like elements, for example, the different manifestations of Verb Second phenomena in Wh and other constructions and the syntax of negative heads and specifiers. In addition, properties of functional heads and head movement in nominal and clausal structures and the causative construction are investigated.

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