Edges in syntax : scrambling and cyclic linearization / Heejeong Ko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ko, Heejeong, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 50.

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Physical Description:

xx, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Summary:

This book examines how word order variations in language can be regulated by various factors in cyclic syntax. In particular, it offers a valuable contribution to the current debate concerning the effect of cyclic Spell-out on the (re-)ordering of elements in scrambling. Heejeong Ko provides in-depth discussion of the interaction of the syntax-phonology interface with operations at the syntax proper, as well as examining how the semantic meaning of a structure can be correlated with certain types of orderings in cyclic edges of the syntax. The author's proposalaccounts for a wide range of scrambling data in East Asian languages such as Korean and Japanese, with particular focus on the consequences of cyclic linearization for (sub-)scrambling, types of quantifier floating, variations in predicate fronting, and types of argument structure and secondarypredicates. The book will be of interest to syntacticians from graduate level upwards, particularly those interested in the syntax-phonology and syntax-semantics interfaces. The range of novel data presented will make it a valuable resource for linguists studying Korean, Japanese, and scrambling languages ingeneral.

Contents:

1 Edges in cyclic syntax 1

1.1 Cyclic Spell-out 1

1.1.1 Multiple Spell-out 1

1.1.2 Two competing research programs 3

1.1.3 Diverging predictions 10

1.2 Cyclic domains 12

1.2.1 Proposition-based phase approach 12

1.2.2 Other cyclic domains 14

1.2.3 Predication as a Spell-out domain 17

1.3 Movement in language 19

1.4 Overall predictions 22

2 Edges of primary predication 30

2.1 The Subject Puzzle 30

2.2 A solution to the Subject Puzzle 35

2.2.1 Theoretical assumptions 36

2.2.2 Analysis: scrambling and Cyclic Linearization 37

2.3 Further predictions 43

2.3.1 Extension to vP-internal arguments and adjuncts 43

2.3.2 Unaccusative/passive vs. unergative subject 47

2.4 Subject scrambling and NQ scrambling in Japanese 50

2.5 Sub-extraction in Russian 58

2.6 Conclusion: the Edge Generalization 63

Appendix 2A Challenges to the PIC approach 65

3 Syntactic edges and two types of floating quantification 69

3.1 Two types of floating quantification 70

3.1.1 Adnominal floating quantification 73

3.1.2 Adverbial floating quantification 78

3.1.3 Summary: a hybrid approach 83

3.2 Exhaustively and structural focus 84

3.3 Proposal 88

34 Adverbial floating quantification in Korean and Japanese 92

3.4.1 Semantically exhaustive quantifiers 92

3.4.2 Syntactically adverbial floating quantifiers 98

3.4.3 Types of floating quantification and the Edge Generalization 103

3.4.4 Variable binding in adverbial floating quantification 108

3.4.5 When identificational focus falls on bare NQs 114

3.5 Conclusion 121

Appendix 3A Reply to a processing approach to floating quantification 123

4 Edges of complement predication 129

4.1 Overall predictions for complement predication 131

4.2 Small-clause complements 133

4.2.1 Small clauses with epistemic verbs 133

4.2.2 Small clauses with (some) episodic verbs 138

4.2.3 Adverbial floating quantification in small clauses 143

4.2.4 Summary 149

4.3 Extension to Raising and Control constructions 150

4.3.1 Predicate fronting out of Raising constructions 151

4.3.2 Reply to alternative challenges 158

4.3.3 Predicate fronting out of Control infinitives 163

4.3.4 Summary 167

4.4 Sentential Predication in multiple-subject constructions 168

4.5 Conclusion 175

5 Edges of adjunct and secondary predication 177

5.1 Resultative constructions 178

5.1.1 Two different types of resultative: the case of Korean 178

5.1.2 Two different types of resultative: the case of Japanese 186

5.2 Depictive secondary predication 190

5.2.1 The structure of depictives 190

5.2.2 Predictions and analysis 193

5.3 The edges of decomposed VPs 197

5.3.1 Background: the syntax of 'again' 198

5.3.2 The syntax of 'again' and order preservation 200

5.4 Implications for ditransitive constructions 210

5.5 Conclusion 216

6 Concluding remarks 219

6.1 Challenges in cyclic syntax 219

6.2 Overall summary 224.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [232]-248) and index.

ISBN:

9780199660261

0199660263

9780199660278

0199660271

OCLC:

883646159