Parallel Structures in Syntax: Coordination, Causatives, and Restructuring (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 46)

Goodall, Grant

ISBN 10: 0521109167 / ISBN 13: 9780521109161

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Title: Parallel Structures in Syntax: Coordination,...

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: paperback

Condition: New

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This book proposes a radical revision in the definition of phrase markers, the fundamental object in the generative theory of syntax. Phrase markers have traditionally been defined in such a way that each node in the phrase marker must satisfy a relation of either dominance or precedence with every other node. Grant Goodall argues convincingly that the dominance and precedence requirement should be dropped. The argument is lucidly articulated and...

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