Deriving Coordinate Symmetries: A Phase-Based Approach Integrating Select, Merge, Copy And Match Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today, 89

Velde, John R. Te:

ISBN 10: 9027233535 / ISBN 13: 9789027233530

Published by John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2005

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• Title: Deriving Coordinate Symmetries: A Phase-Based Approach Integrating Select, Merge, Copy And Match Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today, 89
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027233535
• ISBN 13: 9789027233530
• Binding: gebundene Ausgabe
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 855 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • 506 Sprachwissenschaft

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Synopsis

This monograph proposes a minimalist, phase-based approach to the derivation of coordinate structures, utilizing the operations Copy and Match to account for both the symmetries and asymmetries of coordination. Data are drawn primarily from English, German and Dutch. The basic assumptions are that all coordinate structures are symmetric to some degree (in contrast to parasitic gap and many verb phrase ellipsis constructions), and these symmetries, especially with ellipsis, allow syntactic derivations to utilize Copy and Match in interface with active memory for economizing with gaps and assuring clarity of interpretation. With derivations operating at the feature level, troublesome properties of coordinate structures such as cross-categorial and non-constituent coordination, violations of the Coordinate Structure Constraint, as well as coordinate ellipsis (Gapping, RNR, Left-Edge Ellipsis) are accounted for without separate mechanisms or conditions applicable only to coordinate structures. The proposal provides support for central assumptions about the structure of West Germanic.