The Limits of Syntax: 29 (Syntax and Semantics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0126135290 ISBN 13: 9780126135299

Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, 1997

Synopsis

The Limits of Syntax is a collection of original, never before published essays. Each essay explores the ways in which greater incorporation of nonsyntactic explanations into linguistic research may deepen our understanding of problematic linguistic phenomena and, at the same time, strengthen syntactic research. To clarify the limits of syntactic explanation, these essayists investigate four areas. The first is a set of general issues related to the theory of grammar and the place of syntax in it. The second set develops an explanation of the power of semantics pragmatics within a syntactic theory. The third addresses the status of syntactic constraints, and the fourth seeks to explain the triggering of movement in the so-called Minimalist Program and its derivational approach to syntactic representations.

Key Features
* Seeks to refine the theory of syntax
* Encourages more adequate characterization of linguistic phenomena
* Original papers form a coherent presentation

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0126135290
• ISBN 13: 9780126135299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 404
• Editor: Culicover Peter, McNally Louise