Smuggling in syntax /
One of the fundamental properties of human language is movement, where a constituent moves from one position in a sentence to another position. This text investigates how different movement operations interact with one another, focusing on the special case of smuggling, in which displacement occurs...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | One of the fundamental properties of human language is movement, where a constituent moves from one position in a sentence to another position. This text investigates how different movement operations interact with one another, focusing on the special case of smuggling, in which displacement occurs in two steps thus allowing for otherwise inaccessible movement operations. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2021. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197509906 (ebook) 0197509908 (ebook) 9780197509890 0197509894 9780197509883 0197509886 |