Syntactic Derivations : : A Nontransformational View / / Ulf Brosziewski.
This study investigates a model of syntactic derivations that is based on a new concept of dislocation, i.e., of 'movement' phenomena. Derivations are conceived of as a compositional process that constructs larger syntactic units out of smaller ones without any phrase-structure representat...
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Place / Publishing House: | Tübingen : : Max Niemeyer Verlag, , [2011] ©2003 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Edition: | Reprint 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Linguistische Arbeiten ,
470 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (101 p.) |
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Other title: | I-VIII -- Overview -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Phrase Structure -- 3. Syntactic Derivations -- 4. Summary -- 5. References |
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Summary: | This study investigates a model of syntactic derivations that is based on a new concept of dislocation, i.e., of 'movement' phenomena. Derivations are conceived of as a compositional process that constructs larger syntactic units out of smaller ones without any phrase-structure representations, as in categorial grammars. It is demonstrated that a simple extension of this view can account for dislocation without gap features, chains, or structural transformations. Basically, it is assumed that movement 'splits' a syntactic expression into two parts, which form a derivational unit but enter separately into the formation of larger constituents. The study shows that in this approach, if common assumptions about selection and licensing are added, a small and coherent set of axioms suffices to deduce fundamental syntactic generalizations that transformational theories express in terms of X-bar-Theory and various constraints on movement. These generalizations include, for example, equivalents to the C-Command Condition and the Head Movement Constraint, the 'structure-preserving' nature of dislocation, its 'economical' character, and elementary bounding principles. This study investigates a model of syntactic derivations that is based on a new concept of dislocation, i.e., of 'movement' phenomena. Derivations are conceived of as a compositional process that constructs larger syntactic units out of smaller ones without any phrase-structure representations, as in categorial grammars. It is shown that a simple extension of this view can account for dislocation without gap features, chains, or structural transformations, and for many basic generalizations that transformational theories express in terms of X-bar-Theory and various constraints on movement. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110953565 9783110238570 9783110238457 9783110636970 |
ISSN: | 0344-6727 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110953565 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ulf Brosziewski. |