A derivational approach to syntactic relations / Samuel David Epstein, Erich M. Groat, Ruriko Kawashima, Hisatsugu Kitahara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epstein, Samuel David, author.

Groat, Erich M., author.

Kawashima, Ruriko, author.

Kitahara, Hisatsugu, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Generative grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exploring the central concept of ""syntactic relation"", this text argues that certain fundamental relations such as c-command, dominance and checking relations can be explained within a derivational approach to structure-building, resulting in a level-free model of syntax.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Derivation of Syntactic Relations; 2. A Derivational Application of Interpretive Procedures; 3. Derivational Sisterhood; 4. Minimize Sisters and Constraints on Structure Building; 5. The LCA, Cyclicity, Trace Theory and the Head Parameter; 6. On Derivationality; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772150-8

1-280-45345-1

9786610914319

1-4237-5959-1

0-19-535487-7

1-60256-168-0

OCLC:

567929530