Structures and beyond / edited by Adriana Belletti ; contributors Guglielmo Cinque [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Certosa di Pontignano (Pontignano, Italy)

Belletti, Adriana, editor.

Cinque, Guglielmo, contributor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

The cartography of syntactic structures ; 3

Oxford studies in comparative syntax

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minimalist theory (Linguistics)--Congresses.

Minimalist theory (Linguistics).

Frames (Linguistics)--Congresses.

Frames (Linguistics).

Semantics (Philosophy)--Congresses.

Semantics (Philosophy).

Generative grammar--Congresses.

Generative grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Adriana Belletti here collects work by scholars presented at the University of Siena in connection with a visit by Noam Chomsky. The book's eight articles touch on broader theoretical questions related to Chomsky's Minimalist Program in particular. Contributors include Guglielmo Cinque, Richard Kayne, Luigi Rizzi, Noam Chomsky, and others.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Language Categories in the Brain: Evidence from Aphasia; 2. Scalar Implicatures, Polarity Phenomena, and the Syntax/Pragmatics Interface; 3. Beyond Explanatory Adequacy; 4. "Restructuring" and Functional Structure; 5. Prepositions as Probes; 6. Linguistic Rhythm and the Acquisition of Language; 7. Locality and Left Periphery; 8. On the Inexistence of Specifiers and the Nature of Heads; Subject Index; Name Index; Language Index

Notes:

CIP entry (Jul.)

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-029143-5

0-19-772250-4

1-280-84380-2

9786610843800

1-4237-4606-6

0-19-803838-0

1-60256-491-4

OCLC:

171572508