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Chapter 3. Elements of syntax
Abstract
This contribution presents a somewhat autobiographical overview of the author’s struggle in coming to grips with the undeniable central role that the forces of attraction and repulsion play in the grammar of natural languages. It is therefore a tale of good and bad ideas, where the bad ideas sometimes suppressed the good ones. After disentangling these previous attempts at a more or less comprehensive theory of repulsion and attraction, I present a sketchy research program for where I think we need to go to find a satisfactory solution.
Abstract
This contribution presents a somewhat autobiographical overview of the author’s struggle in coming to grips with the undeniable central role that the forces of attraction and repulsion play in the grammar of natural languages. It is therefore a tale of good and bad ideas, where the bad ideas sometimes suppressed the good ones. After disentangling these previous attempts at a more or less comprehensive theory of repulsion and attraction, I present a sketchy research program for where I think we need to go to find a satisfactory solution.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
- Chapter 2. Unifying UG and language variation 9
- Chapter 3. Elements of syntax 25
- Chapter 4. Computational and semantic aspects of resumption 49
- Chapter 5. Causality, comitativity, contrastivity, and selfhood 101
- Chapter 6. System repairing strategy at interface 133
- Chapter 7. The V-copy construction in Mandarin 167
- Chapter 8. The syntax of either and disjunction 207
- Chapter 9. Focus, negation and event quantification in Chinese 245
- Chapter 10. Null object constructions, VP-ellipsis, and sentence interpretation 283
- Chapter 11. The acquisition of nominal structure, word order and referentiality in Chinese 301
- Chapter 12. Syntax/semantics interface and interpretation of Chinese NP 1 NP 2 V construction by Japanese speakers 341
- Index of languages 363
- Index of subjects 365
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
- Chapter 2. Unifying UG and language variation 9
- Chapter 3. Elements of syntax 25
- Chapter 4. Computational and semantic aspects of resumption 49
- Chapter 5. Causality, comitativity, contrastivity, and selfhood 101
- Chapter 6. System repairing strategy at interface 133
- Chapter 7. The V-copy construction in Mandarin 167
- Chapter 8. The syntax of either and disjunction 207
- Chapter 9. Focus, negation and event quantification in Chinese 245
- Chapter 10. Null object constructions, VP-ellipsis, and sentence interpretation 283
- Chapter 11. The acquisition of nominal structure, word order and referentiality in Chinese 301
- Chapter 12. Syntax/semantics interface and interpretation of Chinese NP 1 NP 2 V construction by Japanese speakers 341
- Index of languages 363
- Index of subjects 365
