Provocative syntax / Phil Branigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Branigan, Phil.

Series:

Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 61.

Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Clauses.

Minimalist theory (Linguistics).

English language--Syntax.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 176 p.) : ill.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After presenting the central proposal and showing its implementation in the analyses of familiar cases of syntactic movement, Branigan demonstrates the effects of provocation in a variety of inversion constructions, describes the details of chain formation and successive cyclic movement in a provocation model, and much more.

Contents:

Provocation. Introduction

The inner workings of provocation

Virtues of provocation

Clausal provocation

Chain formation

Provoking head movement

Provocative case studies. Quotative inversion

Negative inversion

Germanic verb-second clauses

Force and provocation. Evidence for fin-to-force movement

On wh-movement

The distribution of embedded-verb second clauses

Appendix: selection of clausal complements

Provoking trace deletion. Introduction

That-trace effects

Cross linguistic variation

A spooky constraint

Short wh-movement in embedded questions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-283-11915-3

9786613119155

0-262-29567-9

OCLC:

727948437