Islands and chains : resumption as stranding / Cedric Boeckx.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boeckx, Cedric.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 63.

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 63

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Minimalist theory (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The present work provides a detailed analysis of chain formation and locality conditions imposed on it within the Minimalist Program. It does so by analyzing resumptive strategies in great detail. This study claims that resumptive pronouns and their antecedents are first merged as constituents, and are separated via movement (thus forming instances of discontinuous constituents). Resumptive chains are thus akin to the well-known stranding analysis of quantifier float. A taxonomy of islands is developed that crucially ties barriers for movement to agreement possibilities. The stranding of a resumptive pronoun is shown to limit the role of agreement for the moving element, thereby allowing a chain to be formed across an island.

Contents:

Islands and Chains

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Dedication page

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

2. The nature of resumption

3. On the nature of extraction

4. Further aspects of resumption

5. Conclusion

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

References

Name index

Language index

Subject index

The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-211) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612160523

9781282160521

1282160524

9789027295613

9027295611

OCLC:

56117729