Syntax within the word : economy, allomorphy, and argument selection in distributed morphology / Daniel Siddiqi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siddiqi, Daniel.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 138.

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 138

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphology.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Word formation.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Syntax within the Word provides a multifaceted look into the syntactic framework of Distributed Morphology (DM) within the Minimalist program. For those unfamiliar with the theory, this monograph provides an overview of DM and argues its strengths. For those more familiar with DM, this monograph provides analyses of familiar data much of which has not been treated within the framework: argument selection, stem allomorphy and suppletion, nominal compounds in English (feet-first vs. *heads-first), and the structure of the verb phrase. This monograph also proposes a future for the theory in the form of revisions to DM including: the elimination of readjustment rules, a new economy constraint (Minimize Exponence) that triggers fusion of functional heads, and a feature blocking system.

Contents:

Syntax within the Word

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Preface and acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

PART 1. Introduction

Syntax within the Word

Distributed morphology

1. Late-insertion

2. Morphosyntactic decomposition

3. Underspecification

4. Why reject lexicalism?

5. Construction of an utterance

6. Spellout, competition, and the subset principle

7. The distinction between functional and contentful

8. Lexical categories in DM

9. Special meanings and the Encyclopedia

Morphological operations in DM

1. Morphological merger

2. Fission and fusion

3. Readjustment rules

PART 2. On a theory of root allomorphy

Root allomorphy

1. Roots in the grammar

2. Licensing insertion

3. Alternative analysis of root allomorphy

4. Competition of roots revisited

Simplifying DM

1. Readjustment rules

2. Licensing

3. Null heads

Expansion of the fusion analysis

1. The ¬ specification

2. Enter Minimize Exponence

Inflection in compounds

1. Minimize Exponence analysis

Interim conclusions

PART 3. Argument selection

Argument selection within Distributed Morphology

1. Subcategorization

2. Subcategorization within DM

Minimize Exponence based account of subcategorization.

1. Determining the feature specification of a vocabulary item

2. Differences among subcategorization models

3. Evidence for the feature [v] in english

4. Blocking "Extra" Arguments

Subcategorization expanded

1. Rampant polysemy

2. Structural coercion

3. Dative alternations

The nature of verbs

1. Category selection

2. The status of the verb phrase

2.1 Argument 1: The difference between patient and proposition

2.2 Argument 2: Co-occurrence of patient and proposition

2.3 Argument 3: Exceptional Case Marking.

2.4 Argument 4: The Adjacency Condition

3. Verb classes

Interim Conclusions, redux

PART4. Odds and ends

Event semantics

1. Parsons (1990)

2. Neo-Davidsonianism Meets Syntax

3. Remaining questions

Typology and theory

1. Typological predictions

2. On feature specification and the Elsewhere Principle

3. Further research?

Conclusions

1. Some final thoughts

References

Index

The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Arizona, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-136) and index.

ISBN:

9786612104985

9781282104983

1282104985

9789027290014

9027290016

OCLC:

316764798