Three Studies in Locality and Case

by Alexander Grosu

Overview

First Published in 2004. This work consists of three studies in the syntax of natural languages, which pursue related theoretical goals, assume common phrase structural and locality sub-theories and share some of the languages from which the supporting data are drawn. A theme that is central to both the first and third studies and tangentially touched upon in the second study is that of the syntax of the null element pro in various contexts and with various roles, but first and foremost as Head of Free Relative Constructions and as Null Operator. Another theme of central importance, primarily in the first two studies, is that of the syntax of Case.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134840380
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/02/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Alexander Grosu

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements, Introduction, Study I: The syntax of Free Relative Constructions, Introduction, 1. THE CONFIGURATIONAL PROPERTIES OF REALIS FRCs AND THEIR INTERNAL SYNTAX EFFECTS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF EARLIER LITERATURE, 2. THE SYNTAX OF NULL-OPERATOR REALIS FRCs, 3. THE THEORY OF pro, ANTI-PIED-PIPING EFFECTS AND NON-NOMINAL FRCs, 4. COINDEXATION-DEPENDENT PF PROCESSES, 5. THE ANALYSIS OF NON-INDICATIVE/IRREALIS FRCs, Study II: Romanian determiners as functional categories, Introduction, 6. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND EARLIER RESULTS, 7. ON THE ENCLITICIZATION PROCESS, Study III: On Null Operators in Romanian, Introduction, 8. pro-OPERATOR CONSTRUCTIONS, Notes, Bibliography, Index