Directionality and Logical Form: On the Scope of Focusing Particles and Wh-in-situ
Author:   Josef Bayer
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   1996 ed.
Volume:   34
ISBN:  

9780792337522


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   30 November 1995
Format:   Hardback
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Directionality and Logical Form: On the Scope of Focusing Particles and Wh-in-situ


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This work provides a detailed treatment of the syntax of focusing particles in a cross-linguistic perspective. The derivation of logical forms is shown to be under the control, not only of the ECP and subjacency, but also of directionality of government and the particular word-order parameter that holds in a given language: head-final languages systematically disallow certain derivations or readings that are available in head-initial languages. The reason is that heads that deviate in their selection properties from canonical head-finality project a directionality barrier. Various strategies are explored by which this barrier can be circumvented. Although the theory is developed mainly on the basis of the head position in German, it can be directly used to explain constraints on the scope of Wh-in-situ in Bengali and closely related languages.

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Author:   Josef Bayer
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1996 ed.
Volume:   34
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.470kg
ISBN:  

9780792337522


ISBN 10:   0792337522
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   30 November 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Selected Earlier Work on the Syntax and Semantics of Focusing Particles.- 2: Movement to a Scope Position: Quantificational and Scalar Interpretation.- 3: Focusing Particles and Quantifiers in Pre- and Postpositional Phrases.- 4: Focusing Particles and Quantifiers in Determiner and Noun Phrases.- 5: Focusing Particles and Quantifiers in Adjectival Phrases.- 6: The Verb Phrase, Clausal Complements and Extraposition.- 7: Complementation and the Scope of Wh in Bengali.- References.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

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