Theoretical Comparative Syntax
Author | : Naoki Fukui |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2006-04-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134326662 |
ISBN-13 | : 1134326661 |
Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 1. Specifiers and projection -- 2. LF extraction of naze : some theoretical implications -- 3. Strong and weak barriers : remarks on the proper characterization of barriers -- 4. Parameters and optionality -- 5. A note on improper movement -- 6. The principles-and-parameters approach : a comparative syntax of English and Japanese -- 7. Symmetry in syntax : merge and demerge -- 8. Order in phrase structure and movement -- 9. An A-over-A perspective on locality -- 10. The uniqueness parameter -- 11. Nominal structure : an extension of the Symmetry Principle -- 12. Phrase structure -- 13. The Visibility Guideline for functional categories : verb-raising in Japanese and related issues.