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Foundational issues in linguistic theory : essays in honor of Jean-Roger Vergnaud / edited by Robert Freidin, Carlos P. Otero, and Maria Luisa Zubizarreta.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Current studies in linguistics series ; 45.
- Current studies in linguistics ; 45
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (425 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The essays in this volume attest to the importance of Verngaud's contribution to linguistics, particularly his influential work on foundational issues. The essays first discuss issues in syntax, documenting breakthroughs in the development of the principles and parameters framework.
- Contents:
- Letter to Noam Chomsky and Howard Lasnik on "filters and control," April 17, 1977 / Jean-Roger Vergnaud
- On the development of case theory : triumphs and challenges / Howard Lasnik
- Uninterpretable features are incompatible in morphology with other minimalist postulates / M. Rita Manzini & Leonardo M. Savoia
- Parallel nominal and verbal projections / Karine Megerdoomian
- Clause structure and the syntax of verbless sentences / Elabbas Benmamoun
- On phases / Noam Chomsky
- Phasal agreement and reconstruction / Alain Rouveret
- Superiority, reconstruction, and islands / Cedric Boeckx & Norbert Hornstein
- Identity avoidance: OCP effects in Swiss relatives / Henk van Riemsdijk
- Ellipsis and missing objects / Joseph Aoun & Yen-hui Audrey Li
- Tokenism and identity in anaphora / Edwin Williams
- Some preliminary comparative remarks on French and Italian definite articles / Richard S. Kayne
- Reduplication / Morris Halle
- The logic of contrast / B. Elan Dresher.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9780262273152
- 0262273152
- 9781435649019
- 143564901X
- OCLC:
- 233534679
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