Parameters of predicate fronting : cross-linguistic explorations of v(p)-initial clauses / edited by Vera Lee-Schoenfeld, Dennis Ott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lee-Schoenfeld, Vera, editor.

Ott, Dennis, editor.

Series:

Oxford Studies Comparative Syntax

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb phrase.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Clauses.

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

In Parameters of Predicate Fronting, Vera Lee-Schoenfeld and Dennis Ott bring together leaders in the field of comparative syntax to explore the empirical manifestations and theoretical modelling of predicate fronting across languages. Including analysis of English, German, Malagasy, Niuean, Ch'ol, Asante, Twi, Limbum, Krachi, Hebrew, and multiple sign languages, this volume takes researchers one step closer to a complete understanding of the uniformity and variation in predicate fronting across languages.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Contributors

CHAPTER 1 Parameters of predicate fronting: Introduction to the volume

1.1 INTRODUCTION

1.2 PREDICATE FRONTING: AN OVERVIEW

1.3 THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS VOLUME

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 2 Verb phrase I-topics in German

2.1 INTRODUCTION

2.2 METHODS

2.2.1 Participants

2.2.2 Stimuli

2.2.3 Procedure

2.3 RESULTS

2.3.1 Boundary Strength

2.3.2 Boundary Tone

2.3.3 Nominal Pitch Accents

2.3.4 Realizations of the Hat Contour

2.3.4.1 The hat contour in one-argument verb phrases

2.3.4.2 The hat contour in two-argument verb phrases

2.4 CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

CHAPTER 3 VP-fronting within a movement typology

3.1 INTRODUCTION

3.2 FEATURE-BASED MOVEMENT TYPOLOGY

3.3 SPINAL A-MOVEMENT

3.3.1 VP-Fronting: English

3.3.2 The Feature: English

3.4 SPINAL A-MOVEMENT

3.4.1 VP-Fronting: Niuean

3.4.2 The Feature: Niuean

3.4.3 A Problem Solved

3.4.4 Interim Summary and Looking Ahead

3.5 SPINAL C-MOVEMENT

3.5.1 VP-Fronting: Malagasy

3.5.2 The Feature: Malagasy

3.6 CATEGORIAL MOVEMENT FEEDS A-MOVEMENT

3.7 SPINAL MOVEMENT MORE GENERALLY

3.8 ADDING HEAD-MOVEMENT TO THE MOVEMENT TYPOLOGY

3.9 CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 4 The use of prosody as a diagnostic for syntactic structure: The case of verb-initial order

4.1 INTRODUCTION

4.2 VSO/VOS ALTERNATIONS IN CH'OL AND NIUEAN

4.2.1 Ch'ol VSO/VOS

4.2.2 Niuean VSO/VOS

4.2.3 Comparing Word Order Alternations in Ch'ol and Niuean

4.3 TOWARD TESTABLE PROSODIC PREDICTIONS

4.3.1 Competing Accounts

4.3.1.1 Right-side specifiers

4.3.1.2 VP-raising

4.3.1.3 V0-raising

4.3.2 Syntax-Prosody Mapping

4.3.2.1 Right-side specifiers

4.3.2.2 VP-raising

4.3.2.3 V0-raising.

4.3.3 Interim Discussion

4.4 THE DATA

4.4.1 Ch'ol

4.4.1.1 Methodology

4.4.1.2 Results

4.4.2 Niuean

4.4.2.1 Methodology

4.4.2.2 Results

4.4.3 Interim Summary

4.5 DIFFERENTIATING VERB-MOVEMENT ACCOUNTS

4.6 CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 5 V(P)-fronting in Asante Twi and Limbum

5.1 INTRODUCTION

5.2 TWO GAP AVOIDANCE STRATEGIES

5.3 GAP AVOIDANCE PATTERNS IN V(P)-FRONTING

5.4 V(P)-FRONTING IN ASANTE TWI AND LIMBUM

5.4.1 Asante Twi

5.4.2 Limbum

5.5 ANALYSIS

5.5.1 Background Assumptions

5.5.2 Proposal

5.5.3 Symmetric Verb Doubling

5.5.4 Symmetric Dummy Verb Insertion

5.5.5 The Asymmetric Pattern

5.5.6 The Unattested Pattern

5.6 EVIDENCE FOR CLAUSE B. OF COPY DELETION

5.7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CHAPTER 6 Predicate fronting with verb doubling in Krachi: A parallel chains analysis

6.1 INTRODUCTION

6.2 ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT KRACHI CLAUSE STRUCTURE

6.3 SIMPLE V FOCUS

6.3.1 Core Properties of Krachi Predicate Fronting, as Illustrated by Simple V Focus

6.3.2 Analysis

6.3.2.1 One V Chain

6.3.2.2 Two V Chains

6.4 EXTENDING THE ANALYSIS TO VO AND OV FOCUS

6.4.1 VO Focus

6.4.2 OV Focus

6.5 REFINING THE ANALYSIS

6.5.1 Simple V Focus Redux

6.5.2 VO Focus Redux

6.5.3 OV Focus Redux

6.6 CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 7 Predicate doubling by phonological copying

7.1 INTRODUCTION

7.1.1 Two Sources for Copies

7.1.2 Against a Filtering Approach

7.1.2.1 Submorphemic Material

7.1.2.2 Copies without movement

7.1.2.3 Linearization

7.1.2.4 Size restrictions

7.1.2.5 Adjacency

7.2 PREDICATE DOUBLING

7.2.1 Standard Cases of Predicate Doubling

7.2.2 Predicate Doubling and Do-Support in German

7.2.3 Predicate Doubling in Asante Twi.

APPENDIX: WHY PREDICATE FRONTING MUST INVOLVE VPS IN GERMAN

A.1. CATEGORIAL SELECTIVITY

A.1.1 DERIVING (21) VIA SCRAMBLING

A.1.2 DERIVING (21) VIA EXTRAPOSITION

A.2. UNEXPECTED ANTI-FREEZING

A.2.1. DERIVING (31D) VIA EXTRAPOSITION

A.2.2. DERIVING (31D) VIA SCRAMBLING

A.3. DOES SCRAMBLING EXIST?

A.4. CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 8 Clause-initial Vs in sign languages: Scene-setters

8.1 INTRODUCTION

8.2 GENERAL CAVEATS

8.3 DATA TO BE CONSIDERED

8.4 OTHER WORK ON WORD ORDER AND OUR HYPOTHESIS

8.5 DATA SETS

8.6 RESULTS

8.6.1 Results on Interviews in Libras

8.6.2 Results on Narratives in Auslan, BSL, NLT, and STS

8.7 ADDITIONAL RESULTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

APPENDIX A: EXAMPLES OF CLAUSES IN WHICH THE FIRST ARTICULATED ELEMENT WAS A V NOT PERTINENT TO OUR HYPOTHESIS

APPENDIX B: FLANKING STRUCTURES

APPENDIX C: GLOSSES OF TEXT EXAMPLES IN AMBIENT SPOKENLANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH

APPENDIX D: DETAILS ON TABLE 8.2

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-754559-9

0-19-754557-2

OCLC:

1255224986