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Overview"Natural language differs from artificial ones in having the ""displacement property,"" allowing expressions to ""move"" from one position to another in the sentence. The mapping from syntax to phonology, therefore, must include rules specifying how objects created by movement are pronounced, or in technical jargon, how chains are linearized. One of these rules is Copy Deletion. The present study investigates the structural description of Copy Deletion. Specifically, it proposes a phrase geometric constraint on its application. The proposal is corroborated by empirical arguments based on distributional and interpretational facts concerning predicate clefts, NP-Splits, and head ordering patterns. The data are drawn from languages of different types and families including Chinese, English, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Norwegian, Swedish, and Vietnamese. The book, thus, contributes to our understanding of a crucial property of natural language and should be of relevance to readers who are interested in the cross-linguistic approach to Universal Grammar research." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tue TrinhPublisher: De Gruyter Imprint: De Gruyter Volume: 84 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.336kg ISBN: 9783110634471ISBN 10: 3110634473 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 15 April 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTue Trinh, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin, Germany. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |