Derived coordination : a minimalist perspective on clause chains, converbs and asymmetric coordination / Philipp Weisser.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Weisser, Philipp, 1984- author.

Series:

Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ; 561.

Linguistische Arbeiten, 0344-6727 ; Volume 561

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minimalist theory (Linguistics).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Clauses.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Coordinate constructions.

Generative grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph explores the different types of clausal relations in the world's languages. In the recent literature, there have been claims that the strict dichotomy of subordination and coordination cannot be maintained since some constructions seem to be in between these two categories. This study investigates these constructions in detail. The first part is concerned with clause chaining constructions, while the second is concerned with different cases of asymmetric coordination in English. In both parts, it is shown that the different tests to distinguish clausal relations indeed yield different results for the specific constructions. This poses a severe challenge for the established theories of clausal relations. However, as it is argued, recent analyses of coordination provide for the possibility to map a subordinate structure onto a coordinate one by means of regular transformational rules. It is shown that a single movement step derives all the peculiar properties of the phenomena in question. This book thus provides the first comprehensive solution for a long-standing problem in theoretical syntax.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Abbreviations

Abstract

Part I: Clause Chains, Medials, and Converbs

1. Introducing Clause Chains

2. Properties of Medial Constructions

3. Previous Analyses

4. A Derived Coordination Approach to Medial Clauses

5. Multiple Medial Clauses

6. Medials Remaining in Situ: Converbs

7. Two Case Studies: Tsakhur and Korean

8. Crosslinguistic Variation of Clause Chaining Constructions

9. A New Perspective on Switch-Reference

10. Summary of Part I

Part II: Asymmetric Coordination

1. Introducing Asymmetric Coordination

2. Scene-Setting Coordination

3. Consecutive Coordination

4. Conditional Coordination

5. Summary of Part II

Part III: Theoretical Discussion and Open Issues

1. Movement to Spec&P and its trigger

2. The Coordinate Structure Constraint as a Derivational Principle

3. The Merge over Move-Principle

4. Transparent Adjuncts, Opaque Adjuncts

5. Constraining the Mechanism: Avoiding Overgeneration

6. Syntactic Evidence for Asymmetric Coordination Phrases

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Dissertation Universität Leipzig 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110435313

3110435314

9783110443578

3110443570

OCLC:

952798934