The Edginess of Silence : : A Study on Chain Linearization / / Tue Trinh.
Natural language differs from artificial ones in having the "displacement property," allowing expressions to "move" from one position to another in the sentence. The mapping from syntax to phonology, therefore, must include rules specifying how objects created by movement are pro...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studia grammatica ,
84 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VIII, 136 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Predicate cleft constructions -- 3. NP-Split constructions -- 4. Constraining headedness -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Natural language differs from artificial ones in having the "displacement property," allowing expressions to "move" from one position to another in the sentence. The mapping from syntax to phonology, therefore, must include rules specifying how objects created by movement are pronounced, or in technical jargon, how chains are linearized. One of these rules is Copy Deletion. The present study investigates the structural description of Copy Deletion. Specifically, it proposes a phrase geometric constraint on its application. The proposal is corroborated by empirical arguments based on distributional and interpretational facts concerning predicate clefts, NP-Splits, and head ordering patterns. The data are drawn from languages of different types and families including Chinese, English, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Norwegian, Swedish, and Vietnamese. The book, thus, contributes to our understanding of a crucial property of natural language and should be of relevance to readers who are interested in the cross-linguistic approach to Universal Grammar research. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110637465 9783110762464 9783110719567 9783110616859 9783110610765 9783110664232 9783110610307 9783110606287 |
ISSN: | 0081-6469 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110637465 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Tue Trinh. |