Small Clauses: 28 (Syntax and Semantics) - Hardcover

Cardinaletti, Anna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0126135282 ISBN 13: 9780126135282

Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, 1995

Synopsis

These previously unpublished articles offer a cross-linguistic perspective on small clauses. They discuss subjects such as the different types of small clauses across languages and lexical items, the internal syntax of small clauses and their structure, and the general topic of the grammar of predication, ranging from a total questioning of the existence of small clauses to claims that they exist in every predication context. The editors' cross-linguistic approach addresses syntactic and lexical issues as well as the relationships between small clauses and language acquisition among children.

Key Features
* Surveys the problems raised by small clauses in light of recent developments in the principles and parameter model
* Data is drawn from Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, and Swedish
* The contributions share theoretical assumptions about small clauses
* The cross-linguistic comparison offers the potential for defining variable and static elements of small clauses, as well as distinguishing ways that they resemble full clauses

About this title

Review

"The topics and languages covered in this book are very impressive. There is a nice mix of semantic and syntactic contributions. I have little doubt that this will be a very influential collection of papers."
--NORBERT HORNSTEIN, University of Maryland
"The caliber and distinction of the individual contributors promise a respectable collection. The editors are well qualified."
--LUIGI BURZIO, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0126135282
• ISBN 13: 9780126135282
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 340