Language, syntax, and the natural sciences /
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Cambridge University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title page; Imprints page; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I The Computational Component; 1 Deriving Multiple "Object" Constructions; 1 The Lay of the Land; 2 Deriving Structure; 3 Virtues; 4 Some Complications: Alternate Underlying Configurations; 4.1 Binding; 4.2 Possessor Effects; 5 Conclusion; References; 2 Verbal Complex Formation and Overt Subjects in Infinitivals in Spanish; 1 Introduction; 2 On the Position of Postverbal Subjects in Infinitival Clauses: A Comparison of Catalan and Spanish
- 3 The V S INF XP and V INF S XP and Control3.1 The V S INF XP Order; 3.2 Some Objections to Backward Control Analysis for the V INF S XP Orders; 4 Towards a Phrasal Movement Analysis of Postverbal Subjects with Infinitives in Spanish; 5 On the High Position of Subject in VSO Structures and V INF S O; 5.1 Leftward Movement of Quantifiers and the Position of the Subject; 5.2 The Special Behavior of Pronominal Elements and the Auxiliary Have Plus Past Participle; 6 The Problem of Locality in These Verbal Complexes; 7 Conclusions; References; 3 Two Families of Questions
- 1 WhIsland Escape and Related Matters2 Family of Questions Readings: A Constraint and a Loophole; 3 In Lieu of a Conclusion; References; 4 ContextSensitive Aspects of Constituent Negation; 1 Sequences of Neg+Quantifier Phrase in Spanish; 2 Asymmetries in the Behavior of NEG+QP Sequences; 2.1 Word Order: Relative Order between Negation and Case Markers/Prepositions; 2.2 Scales and Constituent Negation; 3 Where Is Negation?; 3.1 Clausal Adverbs; 3.2 The Relative Scope of NEG+QP Sequences with Respect to Intensional Verbs; 3.3 Sentences with Double Negation
- 4 Conclusion: The Underlying Syntactic Structures of NEG+QP Sequences and the Different Position of NegationReferences; 5 Phasehood and Romance Adverbial BecauseClauses; 1 Introduction; 2 Mood Marking; 3 Phases and Clause Transparency; 3.1 TenseDefective Subjunctive Clauses; 3.2 (Because)-Subjunctive Clauses; 3.3 BecauseSubjunctive Clauses and the Left Periphery; 3.4 BecauseClauses and Intonation; 4 Final Remarks; References; 6 NoChoice Parameters, PhiFeatures, and the Structure of DP; 1 Introduction; 2 NoChoice Parameters; 3 Agree and Incorporation; 4 The Structure of DP