Direct compositionality / edited by Chris Barker and Pauline Jacobson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barker, Chris, 1961- editor.

Jacobson, Pauline I., 1947- editor.

Series:

Oxford linguistics.

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 14.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford linguistics

Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 14

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the first extended discussion of the hypothesis for 20 years, contributors from both sides of the debate draw on examples from a range of languages and discuss the place of direct compositionality in generative grammar.

Contents:

Contents; General Preface; 1 Introduction: Direct Compositionality; Part I. Some Programmatic Issues; 2 Compositionality as an Empirical Problem; 3 Direct Compositionality on Demand; 4 Linguistic Side Effects; 5 Type-Shifting with Semantic Features: A Unified Perspective; Part II. Case Studies; 6 Direct Compositionality and Variable-Free Semantics: The Case of "Principle B" Effects; 7 The Non-Concealed Nature of Free Relatives: Implications for Connectivity in Specificational Sentences; 8 Connectivity in a Unified Analysis of Specificational Subjects and Concealed Questions

9 Degree Quantifiers, Position of Merger Effects with their Restrictors, and Conservativity 10 Two Reconstruction Puzzles; Part III. New Horizons; 11 Online Update: Temporal, Modal, and de se Anaphora in Polysynthetic Discourse; 12 The Dimensions of Quotation; Index;

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03435-4

9786611148737

1-281-14873-3

0-19-152540-5

1-4294-8987-1

OCLC:

476241174