On pied-piping : Wh-movement and beyond / by Fabian Heck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heck, Fabian.

Series:

Studies in generative grammar ; 98.

Studies in generative grammar ; 98

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generative grammar.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pied-piping, the phenomenon that wh-movement may target categories not marked with the feature [wh], has generally been considered idiosyncratic and pathological. On Pied-Piping argues that this assessment is not correct. The book presents a compilation of crosslinguistic generalizations on pied-piping and a theory that derives them. Pied-piping is incorporated into a derivational theory of successive cyclic wh-movement that includes input-output optimization, the operation Agree, and phase theory. The resulting theory is a step towards closing a long-standing gap in syntactic theorizing.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Pied-Piping Generalizations

Chapter 3. Theoretical Background

Chapter 4. Deriving the Generalizations, Part One

Chapter 5. Deriving the Generalizations, Part Two

Chapter 6. Conclusion

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613398147

9781283398145

1283398141

9783110211467

3110211467

OCLC:

476206331