Thomas Boyden Ernst, Ernst Thomas

The Syntax of Adjuncts

Herausgeber: Anderson, S. R.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book proposes a theory of the distribution of adverbial adjuncts in a Principles and Parameters framework, claiming that there are few syntactic principles specific to adverbials; rather, for the most part, adverbials adjoin freely to any projection. Adjuncts' possible hierarchical positions are determined by whether they can receive a proper interpretation, according to their selectional (including scope) requirements and general compositional rules, while linear order is determined by hierarchical position along with a system of directionality principles and morphological weight, both of which apply generally to adjuncts and all other syntactic elements. A wide range of adverbial types is analyzed; predicational adverbs (such as manner, and modal adverbs), domain expressions like financially, temporal, frequency, duration, and focusing adverbials; participant PPs (e.g. locatives and benefactives); resultative and conditional clauses, and others, taken primarily from English, Chinese, French, and Italian, with occasional reference to others (such as German and Japanese).

Table of contents:
1. Introduction; 2. The semantics of predicational adverbs; 3. The scopal basis of adverb licensing; 4. Arguments for right-adjunction; 5. Noncanonical orders and the structure of VP; 6. Event-internal adjuncts; 7. Adjunct licensing in the aux range; 8. Adjuncts in clause-initial projections; 9. Conclusions and prospects.

This book proposes a theory of the distribution of adverbial adjuncts in a Principles and Parameters framework, claiming that there are few syntactic principles specific to adverbials; rather, for the most part, adverbials adjoin freely to any projection.

Proposes a theory which claims that adverbials adjoin freely to any projection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1064g
• ISBN-13: 9780521771344
• ISBN-10: 052177134X
• Artikelnr.: 21785595

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The semantics of predicational adverbs
3. The scopal basis of adverb licensing
4. Arguments for right-adjunction
5. Noncanonical orders and the structure of VP
6. Event-internal adjuncts
7. Adjunct licensing in the auxrange
8. Adjuncts in clause-initial projections
9. Conclusions and prospects
Notes
References
Indexes.