Parasitic gaps / edited by Peter W. Culicover and Paul M. Postal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Culicover, Peter W.

Postal, Paul Martin, 1936-

Series:

Current studies in linguistics series ; 35.

Current studies in linguistics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Parasitic gaps (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

ix, 447 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2001]

Summary:

This book offers a comprehensive survey of research on parasitic gaps, an intriguing syntactic phenomenon. The first section of the book contains a history of work on the topic and three fundamental previously published papers. The remaining three sections present new perspectives on the theory of parasitic gaps based on data taken from diverse languages. Contributors Michael Calcagno, Peter W. Culicover, Elisabet Engdahl, Robert Hukari, Andreas Kathol, Christopher Kennedy, Katalin É . Kiss, Robert Levine, Alan Munn, Jamal Ouhalla, Paul M. Postal, Christine Tellier.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [419]-438) and indexes.

ISBN:

0262032848

OCLC:

44425521