Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English

Scott Soames, David M. Perlmutter

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780520038332
• eBook ISBN: 9780520341586
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Letteratura
• Subtopic: Retorica

Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English (SASE) presents the major theoretical developments in generative syntax and the empirical arguments motivating them. Beautifully and lucidly written, it is an invaluable resource for working linguists as well as a pedagogical tool of unequaled depth and breadth. The chief focus of the book is syntactic argumentation. Beginning with the fundamentals of generative syntax, it proceeds by a series of gradually unfolding arguments to analyses of some of the most sophisticated proposals. It includes a wide variety of problems that guide the reader in constructing arguments deciding between alternative analyses of syntactic constructions and alternative theoretical formulations. Someone who has worked through the problems and arguments in this book will be able to apply the skills in argumentation it develops to novel issues in syntax. While teaching syntactic argumentation, SASE covers the major empirical results of generative syntax. Its contents include: 1) Transformations in single-clause sentences 2) Complementation and multi-clause transformations 3) Universal principles governing rule interaction: the cycle and strict cyclicity 4) Movement rules 5) Ross's constraints 6) Pronominal reference and anaphora SASE is an important book for several different audiences: 1) For students, it is an introduction to syntax that teaches argumentation as well as a wide range of empirical results in the field. 2) For linguists, it is a sourcebook of classical analyses and arguments, with some new arguments bearing on classical issues. 3) For scholars, teachers, and students in related fields, it is a comprehensive guide to the major empirical and theoretical developments in generative syntax. SASE contains enough material for a two-semester or three-quarler sequence in syntax. Because it assumes no previous background, it can be used as the main text in an introduction to syntax. Since it covers a wide range of material not available in other texts, it is also suitable for intermediate and advanced syntax courses and as a supplementary source in more specialized courses and courses in other disciplines. A storehouse of classical and original arguments, SASE will prove to be of lasting value to the teacher, the student, and researchers in both linguistics and related fields.
Syntactic Argumentation and the Structure of English (SASE) presents the major theoretical developments in generative syntax and the empirical arguments motivating them. Beautifully and lucidly written, it is an invaluable resource for working linguists a

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents 1
• AKNOWLEDGMENTS
• Introduction
• PART 1 Introduction and One-Story Rules
• 1 Setting the Stage
• 2 Reflexive and Nonreflexive Pronouns — 1
• 3 Reflexive and Nonreflexive Pronouns — 2
• 4 Imperatives
• 5 Imperatives: Further Conclusions
• 6 Arguments and Conclusions
• 7 Phrase Structure Rules
• 8 Actives and Passives
• 9 Grounds for Choice between Alternative Grammars
• 10 Activization vs, Passivization
• 11 Formulating the Passive Rule: A First Approximation
• 12 THERE-1
• 13 THERE-2
• 14 Notes on the Formalism of Transformational Grammar
• 15 Recursion
• 16 Extraposition
• 17 The Derived Constituent Structure Produced by Passive
• 18 Two New Constructions
• 19 Part 1: Its Place in a Wider Context
• 20 Subject-to-Object Raising vs, S-Erasure
• 21 The Triggering of Rules by Verbs
• 22 Missing Subjects
• 23 Coreference and Identity
• 24 LIKELY: Equi vs. Subject-to-Subject Raising
• 25 The Rationale for Multiple Arguments in Linguistics
• 26 EAGER: Equi vs, Subject-to-Subject Raising
• 27 LIKELY, EAGER, and Sentence Idioms
• 28 Some Differences Among Verbals
• 29 Part 2: Its Place in a Wider Context
• PART 3 The Cycle
• 30 Rule Ordering
• 31 The Cyclical Theory in Early Transformational Grammar
• 32 The Conceptual Independence of Rule Ordering and the Cycle
• 33 Characterizing the Notion (iObligatory Rule”
• 34 Evidence for the Cycle in a Theory with the Frustrated Characterization of Obligatory Rules — I
• 35 Evidence for the Cycle in a Theory with the Frustrated Characterization of Obligatory Rules — 2
• 36 Evidence for the Cycle in a Theory with the Frustrated Characterization of Obligatory Rules — 3
• 37 Summary of Evidence for the Cycle in a Theory with the Frustrated Characterization of Obligatory Rules
• 38 Evidence for the Cycle in a Theory with the Immediate Characterization of Obligatory Rules
• 39 Strict Cyclicity
• 40 Summary of Evidence for the Cycle
• 41 The Cyclical Theory vs. Multicyclical Theories
• 42 What Is Linguistic Theory?
• 43 The Cycle and Strict Cyclicity as Linguistic Universals: Evidence from Modern Greek
• 44 Part 3: Its Place in a Wider Context
• PART 4 Cycle-Type of Rules
• 45 Cycle-Types
• 46 Equi and THERE-Insertìon
• 47 Reflexivization and Imperative Deletion
• 48 What Cycle-Type is Extraposition? HYPERLINK \l "noteFT_1_Pag352" 1
• 49 Cycle Arguments and Cycle-Types73
• 50 Part 4: Its Placé in a Wider Context
• PART 5 Further Issues in Complementation
• 51 FORCE and EXPECT
• 52 A Checklist of Verbs
• 53 Two Analyses of the Passive
• 54 Raising/Passive Sentences
• 55 THERE-Insertion and Verb Agreement
• 56 Prìmacy Relations80
• 57 Super Equi-NP Deletion81
• 58 Part 5: Its Place in a Wider Context
• PART 6 Movement Rules
• 59 Topicalizatìon
• 60 Types of Arguments for Movement Rules
• 61 Nonsubject Deletion vs. Nonsubject Raising
• 62 What Cycle-Type Is Nonsubject Raising?
• 63 Nonsubject Raising and FOR—Phrases94
• 64 Questions
• 65 Two Hypotheses about Question Movement HYPERLINK \l "noteFT_1_Pag488" 1
• 66 Relativization
• 67 Part 6: Its Place in a Wider Context
• PART 7 Ross’s Constraints
• 68 Island Constraints
• 69 Which Rules Obey Island Constraints?
• 70 Picture Nouns and Krispy Klauses
• 71 Rightward Movement Rules and the Right Roof Constraint
• 72 Islands, Command, and Maximal Strips
• 73 Part 7: Its Place in a Wider Context
• PART 8 Pronominalization
• 74 Pronominalization
• 75 A Pronominalization ProblemCXXXVI
• 76 Dative Movement and Pronominalization
• 77 Particle Movement and Pronominalization
• 78 Particle Movement, Dative Movement, and Pronouns
• 79 Pronominalizatìon and THERE-Insertion138
• 80 Question Movement and Pronominalization139
• 81 Problems with Pronominalization
• Appendix to Problems with Pronominalization
• 82 Paradox Lost
• 83 New Perspectives on Meaning, Coreference, and Pronominal Anaphora
• Appendix to New Perspectives on Meaning, Coreference, and Pronominal Anaphora
• 84 Part 8: Its Place in a Wider Context
• Discussions of Problems Discussion of Section 10, Activization vs. Passivization
• Discussion of Section 22, Missing Subjects
• Discussion of Section 24, LIKELY: Equi vs. Subject-to-Subject Raising
• Discussion of Section 34, Evidence for the Cycle in a Theory with the Frustrated Characterization of Obligatory Rules—l
• Discussion of Section 35, Evidence for the Cycle in a Theory with the Frustrated Characterization of Obligatory Rules-2
• Discussion of Section 38, Evidence for the Cycle in a Theory with the Immediate Characterization of Obligatory Rules
• Discussion of Section 39, Strict Cyclicity
• Discussion of Section 45, Cycle-Types
• Discussion of Section 48, What Cycle-Type is Extraposition?
• Appendix to the Cycle-Type of Extraposition
• Discussion of Section 51, FORCE and EXPECT
• Discussion of Section 55, THERE-Insertion and Verb Agreement
• Discussion of Section 57, Super Equi-NP Deletion
• Discussion of Section 61, Nonsubject Deletion vs. Nonsubject Raising
• Discussion of Section 63, Nonsubject Raising and YOR-Phrases
• Discussion of Section 65, Two Hypotheses About Question Movement
• Discussion of Section 75, A Pronominalization Problem
• Discussion of Section 80, Question Movement and Pronominalization
• Some Further Issues
• SFI — 1: Meaning and Underlying Structure
• SFI — 2: Two Formulations of Passive
• SFI — 3: Is the Complement of PROVE a Noun Phrase?
• SFI — 4: A Quandary
• SFI — 5: THAT and Infinitives in Complements of BELIEVE
• SFI — 6: A Note on Section 28
• SFI — 7: Selectìonal Restrictions and the Status of the Passive Transformation
• SFI — 8: TOO-Deletion
• SFI — 9: Movement in Questions
• Bibliography