Particles and Projections in Irish Syntax: 32 (Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 32) - Hardcover

Duffield, N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792335503 ISBN 13: 9780792335504

Publisher: Springer, 1995

Synopsis

Chapter 5: Irish Noun Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 5. 0 Introduction 266 5. 0. 1 Irish Nominal Paradigms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 5. 0. 2 Prepositional Phrases: Two Types of Mutation Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 5. 1 Construct State Nominals and DP Projections. . . . . . . . . . . 282 5. 1. 1 Rightward Specifiers 286 5. 1. 2 Adjective Placement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 5. 1. 3 Possessive Particles 305 5. 1. 4 Demonstrative Licensing and Interpretation. . . . . . . . . 311 5. 1. 5 Head-movement and ICM Effects 315 5. 2 Summary 322 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 References 342 Index of Names and Subjects 359 PREFACE This bookis based on my 1991 USCdissertation. Since thattime, there have been two major theoretical developments that bear directly on the analysesoriginallydevelopedin the dissertation. These aretheinceptionof the 'Minimalist Program' of Chomsky (1992, 1993), and the recent 'Antisymmetry' proposals presented in Kayne (1993). Taken in conjunction with the many criticisms and suggestions ofreviewers, these proposals have prompted significant revisions ofthe earlier work:. Every chapter has been substantially revised, the introductory chapter has been replaced, and Chapters 2, 3 and 5 offer completely new analyses of the originalmaterial. The book comprises a set of theoretical studies of aspects of Modern Irish syntax. I have tried to present a coherent and consistent treatmentof the Irishfacts; abookin which the particularsofIrish syntax- which are in many cases quiteeccentric from an Englishperspective- are shown to inform more general theoreticalissues. I also hope to have offered to the non-Celticist a reasonably complete overview of the major syntactic structures ofIrish, with some indication and analysisofthe more importantdialectdifferences.

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"Particles and Projections in Irish Syntax" presents an analysis of Modern Irish syntax, in which the particulars of Irish syntax are shown to inform more general theoretical issues, revealing both the scope of Universal Grammar as well as the limits to syntactic variation. All of the major structures of Irish are considered in turn, and compared with similar structures found in other languages (especially those of the Germanic, Romance and Semitic language families).A central concern of the book is the concept of functional projection: appeal to the theoretical notions of functional head and of Head Movement is to allow for a highly restrictive account of Irish word order. In addition, the analysis of Irish consonant mutation developed here offers a unique diagnostic form of syntactic representations. Though written primarily from a Government-Binding perspective, the work also integrates the more recent Minimalist proposals of Chomsky with the Linearity proposals of Kayne, and thus contributes quite directly to questions of current theoretical interest.

This book is useful to researchers in theoretical syntax and comparative grammar, and those more specifically concerned with Celtic languages and linguistics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792335503
• ISBN 13: 9780792335504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 386