The order of prepositional phrases in the structure of the clause / Walter Schweikert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schweikert, Walter.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 83.

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 83

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Prepositional phrases.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Word order.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Clauses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For a long time prepositions seemed to enjoy a clandestine status in linguistic research. This has changed with a novel path of inquiry into the inner structure of complex prepositional expressions. In a unique approach to the examination of the outer syntax of prepositions the author uses established and new syntactic and statistical tests to achieve a convincing hierarchy of thematic roles expressed by prepositional phrases. From an antisymmetric point of departure the author presents an overview of possible derivations that result in the observed different word orders of PPs in VO and OV languages. It leads to a refreshing new proposal of how to include morphology into syntax. The plausibility of this model is underscored by a wide range of explanatory data. This book is indispensable for linguists interested in the syntax of modifiers.

Contents:

The Order of Prepositional Phrases in the Structure of the Clause

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. ARGUMENTS AND MODIFIERS

2.1 Sentence constituents

2.2 Representation in X-Bar structure

2.3 The Split Infl hypothesis

2.4 The level of logical form and covert movement

2.5 The minimalist program

2.6 Antisymmetry

2.7 Semantic interpretation of X-bar structure

2.8 Parallels between morphology and syntax

2.10 The Cinque hierarchy

2.11 Recent minimalist developments

3. THE ORDER OF PPS IN GERMAN - EMPIRICAL OBSERVATIONS

3.1 Introduction

3.2 General remarks on German sentence structure

3.3 Potential tests for finding the base generation of phrases

3.4 Word order in the German Mittelfeld

3.5 My data

4. RESTRICTIONS ON STRUCTURE AND MOVEMENT

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Trees and subtrees

4.3 Basic projections

4.4 Basic relations

4.5 Extended projections

4.6 Sequences of modifiers of the same category

4.7 Derivations

4.8 Movement

5. AFFIXES IN SYNTAX

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Prefixes and suffixes

5.3 Derivation of the inverted order of suffixes.

5.4 Derivation of the direct order of prefixes

5.5 Separable prefixes

5.6 Derivation of the inverted order of prefixes

5.7 Fused morphemes

5.8 Arguments

5.9 Open questions

5.10 Conclusion

6. SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF THE SURFACE WORD ORDER OF PPS

6.1 The basic patterns

6.2 A symmetric analysis

6.3 Directionally licensing and the proposal of Haider

6.4 Collective versus indivual checking in the work of Koster

6.5 The pied piping analysis of Cinque

6.6 The verb second problem

6.7 Overt verb movement driven only by morphology

6.8 Cyclic approaches

7. CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

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The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-327) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612156298

9781282156296

1282156292

9789027294005

9027294003

OCLC:

191928019