Parametric Syntax
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Parametric Syntax

Case Studies in Semitic and Romance Languages

  1. 269 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Parametric Syntax

Case Studies in Semitic and Romance Languages

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter 1: PARAMETRIC SYNTAX - A MODEL
  3. 1. General Theoretical Assumptions
  4. 2. The Inflectional Component
  5. 2.1. The Projection Principle Revisited
  6. 2.2. Redefining Inflectional Relations
  7. 2.3. Levels of Application
  8. 2.4. Further Constraining Inflectional Rules
  9. 3. Parametric Syntax
  10. Notes
  11. Chapter 2: CLITIC GOVERNMENT
  12. 1. Introduction
  13. 1.1. Case Absorption
  14. 1.2. The Complement Matching Requirement
  15. 2. The Construct State and Clitic Government
  16. 2.1. The Construct State: General Properties
  17. 2.1.1. A Note on Genitive Case Assignment
  18. 2.2. Clitics and the Construct State
  19. 2.3. The šel Phrase and the Position of the Clitic
  20. 2.4. Coindexing and Government
  21. 3. Extraction from Construct State Configurations
  22. 3.1. Introduction: Predictions
  23. 3.2. Free Relatives in Modern Hebrew
  24. 3.3. šel Insertion Revisited
  25. 4. Proper Government by Coindexed Clitic
  26. 4.1. Predictions
  27. 4.2. Two Clitic Configurations
  28. Notes
  29. Chapter 3: CLITICS AND THE GOVERNMENT-BINDING MODEL
  30. 1. Introduction
  31. 2. On the Status of Variables
  32. 2.1. Variables and Case marking
  33. 2.1.1. Counterexamples
  34. 2.2. A-Chains and the Visibility Hypothesis
  35. 2.2.1. A- Chains and the Binding Conditions
  36. 2.2.2. The Visibility Hypothesis
  37. 3. Clitics and the Binding Conditions
  38. 3.1. Variables
  39. 3.2. Non-Variables
  40. 3.2.1. Clitic se
  41. Notes
  42. Chapter 4: INFLECTIONAL RULES
  43. 1. Introduction
  44. 1.1. Clitic Doubling and Extraction in Romanian
  45. 2. On Differences in Extraction between Hebrew and Romanian
  46. 3. On the Insertion of Case Markers
  47. 3.1. šel Insertion at S-structure
  48. 3.2. Free Application of pe Insertion
  49. 4. Free Clitic Spell-Out
  50. Notes
  51. Chapter 5: CLITICS AND REANALYSIS IN ROMANCE
  52. 1. Introduction
  53. 2. Clitic Government and Reanalysis Constructions
  54. 2.1. Clitic Government in Causative Constructions
  55. 2.2. The Case Tier
  56. 2.3. Reanalysis
  57. 2.4. Parametric Variation in Causative Constructions
  58. 2.5. Permitir-Type Verbs in River Plate Spanish
  59. 3. Extraction from Clitic-Doubling Configurations in RP Spanish
  60. 4. A Note on Dative Clitics
  61. 4.1. Dative Case Assignment
  62. 4.2. Inalienable Possessive Constructions
  63. Notes
  64. Chapter 6: PARAMETERS FOR INFL
  65. 1. Introduction
  66. 2. Existential sentences - presentation
  67. 3. Pro-Drop: Analysis
  68. 3.1. Pleonastic Subjects and Nominative Case Assignment
  69. 3.2. The Person Marker
  70. 3.3. Summary
  71. 4. Inflectional Clitics
  72. 4.1. Ergative Particles
  73. 4.1.1. A Note on Clitics and PF
  74. 4.2. The Negation Marker ’eyn as an Exceptional Preposition
  75. 5. Existential Sentences: the Accusative Derivation
  76. 5.1. Free Superscripting and 77zere-Insertion
  77. Notes
  78. Conclusion
  79. References