The syntax-discourse interface in adverbial clauses
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Yoshio Endo
Abstract
This paper discusses the typology of adverbial clauses with special attention to the gradient properties of the so-called main clause phenomena and information structure. I will give an analysis of a new paradigm of adverbial clauses discovered by traditional descriptive Japanese grammarians, and relate their findings to a number of papers presented in this volume, in particular the ones by Haegeman, Miyagawa and Coniglio & Zegrean.
Abstract
This paper discusses the typology of adverbial clauses with special attention to the gradient properties of the so-called main clause phenomena and information structure. I will give an analysis of a new paradigm of adverbial clauses discovered by traditional descriptive Japanese grammarians, and relate their findings to a number of papers presented in this volume, in particular the ones by Haegeman, Miyagawa and Coniglio & Zegrean.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
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Introduction
- Main Clause Phenomena and the privilege of the root 1
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PART I. Explaining Main Clause Phenomena: The bigger picture
- Augmented structure preservation and the Tensed S Constraint 23
- Root transformations & quantificational structure 47
- Agreements that occur mainly in the main clause 79
- The syntax of MCP 113
- Towards an interface definition of root phenomena* 135
- Explaining matrix/subordinate domain discrepancies 159
- Parenthetical main clauses – or not? 177
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PART II. The Phenomena
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A. Particles and agreement markers
- Topic particle stranding and the structure of CP 205
- Splitting up force 229
- The syntactic position of Polish by and Main Clause Phenomena 257
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B. Complementizers and verb-second
- A main clause complementizer 279
- The status of complementizers in the left periphery 297
- Minimality and embedded V2 in Scandinavian 319
- Against a uniform treatment of second position effects as force markers 345
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C. Adverbial clauses
- The syntax-discourse interface in adverbial clauses 365
- Subjunctive mood, epistemic modality and Main Clause Phenomena in the analysis of adverbial clauses 385
- On two types of adverbial clauses allowing root-phenomena 405
- Index 431
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
-
Introduction
- Main Clause Phenomena and the privilege of the root 1
-
PART I. Explaining Main Clause Phenomena: The bigger picture
- Augmented structure preservation and the Tensed S Constraint 23
- Root transformations & quantificational structure 47
- Agreements that occur mainly in the main clause 79
- The syntax of MCP 113
- Towards an interface definition of root phenomena* 135
- Explaining matrix/subordinate domain discrepancies 159
- Parenthetical main clauses – or not? 177
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PART II. The Phenomena
-
A. Particles and agreement markers
- Topic particle stranding and the structure of CP 205
- Splitting up force 229
- The syntactic position of Polish by and Main Clause Phenomena 257
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B. Complementizers and verb-second
- A main clause complementizer 279
- The status of complementizers in the left periphery 297
- Minimality and embedded V2 in Scandinavian 319
- Against a uniform treatment of second position effects as force markers 345
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C. Adverbial clauses
- The syntax-discourse interface in adverbial clauses 365
- Subjunctive mood, epistemic modality and Main Clause Phenomena in the analysis of adverbial clauses 385
- On two types of adverbial clauses allowing root-phenomena 405
- Index 431
