Principles and parameters in a VSO language : a case study in Welsh / Ian G. Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Ian G.

Series:

Oxford studies in comparative syntax.

Oxford studies in comparative syntax

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welsh language--Syntax.

Welsh language.

Welsh language--Grammar, Generative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 207 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An exploration of the main syntactic properties of Welsh Roberts puts forward a general analysis of clause structure agreement, case-marking & other phenomena. He also offers a comparative analysis of these phenomena in relation to other Celtic languages, Germanic & Romance languages.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Analysis of VSO Languages; 1.1 The Subject Leaves VP; 1.2 Against Generalized V-to-C; 1.3 Conclusion; Chapter 2: Case, Agreement, and Mutation; 2.1 The V-Feature; 2.2 DP-Licensing and Case; 2.3 The Syntax of Direct Object Mutation; 2.4 Conclusion; Chapter 3: Genitive Case, Word Order in DP, and Objects of Non-Finite Verbs; 3.1 Evidence for N-Movement in Welsh; 3.2 Verbal Nouns and Their Complements; 3.3 Conclusion; Chapter 4: The C-System and the Extended Projection Principle; 4.1 Welsh Particles; 4.2 Breton; 4.3 Second Position and the EPP

4.4 Conclusion Chapter 5: Head-Movement and EPP-Features; 5.1 Head-Movement; 5.2 A Formal Characterization of EPP-Effects; 5.3 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-803756-2

0-19-534708-0

1-280-70416-0

9786610704163

0-19-516821-6

OCLC:

271200988