Essentials of Functional Grammar
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Essentials of Functional Grammar

A Structure-Neutral Theory of Movement, Control, and Anaphora

  1. 404 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Essentials of Functional Grammar

A Structure-Neutral Theory of Movement, Control, and Anaphora

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter I: Preliminary Remarks
  3. 1. Universal Grammar
  4. 2. Configurational and Non-configurational Languages
  5. 3. Structural and Functional Theories of UG
  6. 4. The Proposed Theory
  7. Chapter II: Basic Concepts
  8. 1. Overview
  9. 2. Basic F-structure Components: Predicates
  10. 3. Basic F-structure Components: Arguments
  11. 4. Building Complex F-structures
  12. 5. The S-structure/F-structure Interface
  13. 6. Summary and Concluding Remarks
  14. Notes
  15. Chapter III: The Co-Indexing System: A Reanalysis of Control and Bound Anaphora
  16. 1. Introduction
  17. 2. The Short-range Control Relation
  18. 3. Bound Anaphora
  19. 4. The Long-range Control Relation
  20. 5. Unification
  21. 6. The Generalized Co-Indexing System
  22. Notes
  23. Chapter IV: The Argument Reduction System: A Reanalysis of Bounded Movement and Deletion
  24. 1. Introduction
  25. 2. The Argument Reduction Relation
  26. 3. Extensions: The Generalized Argument Reduction System
  27. 4. Constraints: Defining the Notion “Possible Asymmetric FS-pair”
  28. 5. Summary and Conclusions
  29. Notes
  30. Chapter V: The EA System: A Reanalysis of Wh-movement
  31. 1. Introduction
  32. 2. The E-Anaphora Rule
  33. 3. The Predicate Argument Constraint
  34. 4. The Single Gap Constraint
  35. 5. Variation
  36. 6. The Generalized EA System
  37. Notes
  38. Bibliography
  39. Index