Syntax and Semantics: The Limits of Syntax: Vol 29

Culicover, Peter W. (Editor)/ McNally, Louise (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0126135290 / ISBN 13: 9780126135299

Published by Emerald Group Pub Ltd, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Syntax and Semantics: The Limits of Syntax: Vol 29
• Publisher: Emerald Group Pub Ltd
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0126135290
• ISBN 13: 9780126135299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.73 kilograms

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Synopsis

The Limits of Syntax is a collection of original, never before published essays. Each essay explores the ways in which greater incorporation of nonsyntactic explanations into linguistic research may deepen our understanding of problematic linguistic phenomena and, at the same time, strengthen syntactic research. To clarify the limits of syntactic explanation, these essayists investigate four areas. The first is a set of general issues related to the theory of grammar and the place of syntax in it. The second set develops an explanation of the power of semantics pragmatics within a syntactic theory. The third addresses the status of syntactic constraints, and the fourth seeks to explain the triggering of movement in the so-called Minimalist Program and its derivational approach to syntactic representations. It seeks to refine the theory of syntax and encourages more adequate characterization of linguistic phenomena. The original papers form a coherent presentation.