Author | Neeleman, Ad. author |
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Title | Flexible Syntax [electronic resource] : A Theory of Case and Arguments / by Ad Neeleman, Fred Weerman |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1999 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4289-2 |
Descript | XI, 253 p. online resource |
1: Prologue -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Case Theory -- 3. ?-Theory -- 4. Word Order -- 5. Overview -- Bibliographical Note -- 2: The OV/VO Parameter -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Domain of ?-role Assignment -- 3. The Domains of Head Government -- 4. The Formation of VP Shells -- 5. Particles -- 6. Scrambling -- 7. Double Object Constructions -- 8. Exceptional Case Marking -- 9. Concluding Remarks -- 3: Morphological Case -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Asymmetries between Nominative and Case -- 3. Syntactic Effects of Morphological Case -- 4. Toward a Theory of Case Features -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- 4: Prepositional Complements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Problem -- 3. Indirect ?-Role Assignment -- 4. LF Incorporation -- 5. Empirical Consequences -- 6. PP Complements to Nouns -- 7. Concluding Remarks -- 5: Raising to Subject -- 1. Introduction -- 2. ?-Role Promotion as Aโ-Movement -- 3. NP Raising as Null Operator Movement -- 4. Short versus Long Null Operator Movement -- 5. Improper Movement -- 6. Concluding Remarks -- 6: Head Marking -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Head-Marking Affixes -- 3. Absolutive-Ergative Languages -- 4. VSO Languages -- 5. The Linearization of Subjects -- 6. Concluding Remarks -- 7: Epilogue -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Falsifiability -- 3. Flexibility -- References