Phrasal movement and its kin / David Pesetsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pesetsky, David Michael.

Series:

Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Phraseology.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Interrogative.

Generative grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 132 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, ©2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study investigates the types of movement and movement-like relations that link positions in syntactic structure. David Pesetsky argues that there are three such relations. Besides overt phasal movement, there are two distinct types of movement without phonological effect: covert phrasal movement and feature movement. Focusing on wh-questions, he shows how his classification of movement-like relations allows us to understand the story behind wh-questions in which an otherwise inviolable property of movement--"Attract Closest"--Appears to be violated. By demonstrating that more movement takes place in such configurations than previously suspected, he shows that Attract Closest is actually not violated at all in these cases. This conclusion draws on recent research in both syntax and semantics, and depends crucially on Pesetsky's expanded repertoire of movement-like relations. Linguistic Inquiry Monograph No. 37.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-128) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-26409-9

0-262-28146-5

1-4237-3782-2

OCLC:

62324413