Issues in the Theory of Inheritance

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. I. Introduction
4. Scrambling Theories 3
5. II. Scrambling and Configurationality
6. Diagnostics for Structure 41
7. Stranding 77
8. Topicalization and Other Puzzles of German Syntax 93
9. Scrambling as NP-Movement 113
10. III. Scrambling and the Structure of Infinitives
11. Status Government and Coherence in German 143
12. Head Movement and Scrambling Domains 199
13. The Infinitival Prefix “zu” as INFL 217
14. Scrambling and Minimality 239
15. IV. Scrambling and Ergativity
16. Two Classes of Intransitive Adjectives in Italian 261
17. Small pro in German 295
18. V. Barriers and Domains
19. Long Movement from Verb-Second-Complements in German 319
20. Interpretive Islands 341
21. Issues in the Theory of Inheritance 423