Overview

This work is a theoretical study of nominal expressions which covers central aspects of their syntax that have not been approached with concurrent tools in recent years. The study examines the functional structure, offers a structural definition of syntactic nominalization, and carefully draws the border line between the lexical nominalizing mechanism and its syntactic counterpart. The empirical base of the study is broad and varied: it explores the rich nominal system of Modern Hebrew with constant comparisons to relevant structures of other Semitic and non-Semitic languages. The analyses put forward have recourse to a minimal syntactic apparatus, thus lending support to Chomsky's recent view of language design. This book targets researchers in theoretical linguistics and comparative syntax. Alongside theoretical and cross-linguistic findings, the book also offers an abundant source of insights into Hebrew nominal expressions. It can be used both as a foundational book on the syntax of nominal expressions or as a reference book for linguists and graduate students of Semitic and comparative syntax.

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Author:   T. Siloni
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1997 ed.
Volume:   40
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.130kg
ISBN:  

9780792346081

ISBN 10:   0792346084
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   31 July 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: Theoretical issues.- 1.0. Preliminaries.- 1.1. Nominalizations and DPs.- 1.2. Some basic theoretical assumptions.- 2: Noun raising and genitival relations.- 2.0. Background.- 2.1. Construct states versus free states.- 2.2. Free states.- 2.3. Construct states.- 2.4. Clitic and clitic doubling constructions.- 2.5. Summary.- 3: Event nominals.- 3.0. Introduction.- 3.1. Event versus result nominals.- 3.2. Adverbial PPs — not adverbs.- 3.3. Two types of accusative Case.- 3.4. Inherent accusative.- 3.5. Subjectless event nominals.- 3.6. Concluding remarks.- Appendix: Concrete nouns.- 4: Semi-relatives and reduced relatives.- 4.0. Introduction.- 4.1. Hebrew semi-relatives.- 4.2. On the parallelism between CP and DP.- 4.3. French reduced relatives.- 4.4. Unified analysis.- 4.5. Concluding remarks.- 5: Verbal and nominal gerunds.- 5.0. Introduction.- 5.1. Verbal gerunds: properties.- 5.2. Sentential approaches to verbal gerunds.- 5.3. Nominalization.- 5.4. DP-zation.- 5.5. Nominal gerunds.- 5.6. Conclusion.- Abbreviations.- References.- Index of names.- Index of subjects.

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