Main Clause Phenomena and the privilege of the root

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction
4. Main Clause Phenomena and the privilege of the root 1
5. PART I. Explaining Main Clause Phenomena: The bigger picture
6. Augmented structure preservation and the Tensed S Constraint 23
7. Root transformations & quantificational structure 47
8. Agreements that occur mainly in the main clause 79
9. The syntax of MCP 113
10. Towards an interface definition of root phenomena* 135
11. Explaining matrix/subordinate domain discrepancies 159
12. Parenthetical main clauses – or not? 177
13. PART II. The Phenomena
14. A. Particles and agreement markers
15. Topic particle stranding and the structure of CP 205
16. Splitting up force 229
17. The syntactic position of Polish by and Main Clause Phenomena 257
18. B. Complementizers and verb-second
19. A main clause complementizer 279
20. The status of complementizers in the left periphery 297
21. Minimality and embedded V2 in Scandinavian 319
22. Against a uniform treatment of second position effects as force markers 345
23. C. Adverbial clauses
24. The syntax-discourse interface in adverbial clauses 365
25. Subjunctive mood, epistemic modality and Main Clause Phenomena in the analysis of adverbial clauses 385
26. On two types of adverbial clauses allowing root-phenomena 405
27. Index 431