Syntactic complexity across interfaces / edited by Andreas Trotzke and Josef Bayer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trotzke, Andreas, editor.

Bayer, Josef, editor.

Series:

Interface explorations ; v. 30.

Interface explorations ; volume 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Clauses.

Generative grammar.

Formalization (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

228 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]

Summary:

In light of recent claims that complex syntax is not a universal property of all living languages, the issue of how to detect and define syntactic complexity has been revived. This volume contains contributions about the formal complexity of natural language, specific issues of clausal embedding, and syntactic complexity in terms of grammar-external interfaces in the domain of language acquisition. The Series: Interface Explorations, This series consist of collected volumes and monographs about specific issues dealing with interfaces among the subcomponents of linguistic structure phonology-morphology, phonology-syntax, syntax-semantics, syntax-morphology, and syntax-lexicon. Recent linguistic research has recognized that the subcomponents of grammar interact in non-trivial ways. What is currently under debate is the actual range of such interactions and their most appropriate representation in grammar, and this is precisely the focus of this series. Specifically, it provides a general overview of various topics by examining them through the interaction of grammatical components. The books function as a state-of-the-art report of research. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Syntactic complexity across interfaces / Andreas Trotzke Trotzke, Andreas, Josef Bayer Bayer, Josef 1

2 Against complexity parameters / Uli Sauerland Sauerland, Uli 9

3 Top-down derivation, recursion, and the model of grammar / Jan-Wouter Zwart Zwart, Jan-Wouter 25

4 What small clauses can tell us about complex sentence structure / Leah S. Bauke Bauke, Leah S. 43

5 Syntactic and prosodic integration and disintegration In peripheral adverbial clauses and in right dislocation/afterthought / Werner Frey Frey, Werner, Hubert Truckenbrodt Truckenbrodt, Hubert 75

6 On representing anchored parentheses in syntax / Marlies Kluck Kluck, Marlies 107

7 The development of subordination / Tonjes Veenstra Veenstra, Tonjes 137

8 Avoid Phase: How interfaces provide critical triggers for wh-movement in acquisition / Tom Roeper Roeper, Tom 163

9 Learning structures with displaced arguments / Misha Becker Becker, Misha 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781614517856

1614517851

OCLC:

894816413