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Adger proposes a new approach to phrase structure that eschews functional heads and labels structures exocentrically. The proposal simultaneously simplifies the syntactic system and restricts the range of possible structures, ruling out the ubiquitous (remnant) roll-up derivations and forcing a sepa...

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Main Author: Adger, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2013.
Series:Linguistic inquiry monographs
Subjects:
Phrase structure grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Semantics.
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Adger proposes a new approach to phrase structure that eschews functional heads and labels structures exocentrically. The proposal simultaneously simplifies the syntactic system and restricts the range of possible structures, ruling out the ubiquitous (remnant) roll-up derivations and forcing a separation of arguments from their apparent heads. This new system has a number of empirical consequences, which the book explores in the domain of relational nominals across different language families, including Germanic, Romance, Celtic, Polynesian, and Semitic.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:0262312239
9780262312233
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262018616.001.0001