Theoretical Comparative Syntax

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Theoretical Comparative Syntax
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9781134326662
ISBN-13 : 1134326661
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Book Synopsis Theoretical Comparative Syntax by : Naoki Fukui

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.


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