: Joseph E. Emonds
: Discovering Syntax Clause Structures of English, German and Romance
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9783110207521
: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]ISSN
: 1
: CHF 205.10
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: Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
: English
: 405
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The essays in this volume, dating from 1991 onwards, focus on highly characteristic constructions of English, Romance languages, and German. The self-contained essays on classic generative debates can all be read separately. They are rich in empirical documentation, and yet in all of them, solutions are constructed around a coherent, relatively simple theoretical core.



Joseph E. Emonds, Kobe-Shoin University, Japan& University of Durham, UK.
Frontmatter1
Contents7
Prologue to Discovering Syntax13
Chapter 1. Types of syntactic categories and features21
Chapter 2. The restricted complement space of lexical frames39
Chapter 3. The autonomy of the (syntactic) lexicon and syntax: Insertion conditions for derivational and inflectional morphemes83
Chapter 4. Secondary predication, stationary particles, and silent prepositions111
Chapter 5. Projecting indirect objects127
Chapter 6. The flat structure economy of semi-lexical heads171
Chapter 7. How clitics license null phrases: A theory of the lexical interface211
Chapter 8. English indirect passives279
Chapter 9. A theory of phrase structure based on Extended Projections309
Chapter 10. The lower operator position with parasitic gaps321
Chapter 11. Unspecified categories as the key to root constructions343
Backmatter393