Current issues in syntactic cartography a crosslinguistic perspective edited by Fuzhen Si, Luigi Rizzi

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Si, Fuzhen, editor.

Rizzi, Luigi, 1952- editor.

Series:

Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today

Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today vol. 267

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam Philadelphia John Benjamins [2021]

Summary:

"This book illustrates recent developments in cartographic studies, seen from a comparative perspective. The different chapters explore various aspects of theoretical and descriptive syntax, bearing on such topics as selection, causativity, binding, light verb constructions, the structure of the high and low peripheral zones. Syntactic issues in the study of dialects and ancient languages are also addressed. The languages investigated include French, Hebrew, Standard Dutch and the Ghent dialect, Etruscan, Japanese, English, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese and the Teochew dialect. The intended readers of this book include researchers and students working on natural language syntax, the interface between syntax and semantics/pragmatics, and comparative and typological linguistics, as well as scholars interested in particular languages such as East Asian and Romance languages"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

Section I. Theoretical and descriptive issues in syntactic cartography

Chapter 2. Cartography and selection in subjunctives and interrogatives

Chapter 3. The syntax and information-structural semantics of negative inversion in English and their implications for the theory of focus

Chapter 4. Invariant die and adverbial resumption in the Ghent dialect

Chapter 5. Uncovering the left periphery of Etruscan

Chapter 6. Subject drop in how come questions in English

Chapter 7. Causativity alternation in the lower field

Chapter 8. Another argument for the differences among wa -marked phrases

Section II. Theoretical and descriptive issues in syntactic cartography

Chapter 9. Quantifictional binding without surface c-command in Mandarin Chinese

Chapter 10. Towards a cartography of light verbs

Chapter 11. Attitudinal applicative in action

Chapter 12. Multiple counterparts of Mandarin qu (go) in Teochew and their cartographic distributions

Chapter 13. On the syntactic representation of Chinese you ( 有 ) in “ you + VP” construction

Index

List of contributors

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

1260691569