Constraints on Structure and Derivation in Syntax, Phonology and Morphology (Sounds – Meaning – Communication)

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The papers collected in this volume explore the major mechanisms, that is derivations and constraints, claimed to be responsible for various aspects of the linguistic systems, their syntax, phonology and morphology. The contributors approach these issues through a detailed analysis of selected phenomena of Modern English, Old English, Polish, Russian, Hungarian and Icelandic, offering novel theoretical and descriptive insights into the working of human language. Cover Contents Foreword Part One: Constraints on structure and derivation in syntax Translations or transgressions? Syntactic convergence with the source in two medieval vernacular Psalters (Magdalena Charzyńska-Wójcik) The “bagel problem” in Russian – The Dynamic Syntax approach (Nadežda Christopher) The Hungarian hatnék-noun expression: A hybrid construction (Judit Farkas and Gábor Alberti) PCC effects in English, Icelandic and Polish – A unified analysis (Aleksandra Gogłoza) On alternating experiencer verbs in Hungarian (Réka Jurth) Beyond ergative languages – The antipassive construction in Polish (Katarzyna Mroczyńska) Syntax of load verbs in Old English (Katarzyna Sówka-Pietraszewska) Part Two: Constraints on structure and derivation in phonology and morphology Geminates in Polish: Structure and phonological behaviour (Anna Bloch-Rozmej) N morphology and its interpretation: The neuter in Italian and Albanian varieties (M. Rita Manzini / Leonardo M. Savoia) Enhancing stressed /a/ low frequency components in the context of sonorants. Some proposals on phonological representations (Leonardo M. Savoia / Benedetta Baldi) A fresh look at English “combining forms”: Structure, identification and pronunciation (Steven Schaefer) Opacity across interfaces: The story of Polish resultative adjectives (Sławomir Zdziebko)