Licensing Theory and French Parasitic Gaps
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Paperback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 730.
The study of parasitic gap constructions (e. g. these are the reports; which you corrected _; before filing _i) has been a very lively area of research over the last decade. The impetus behind this lies mostly in the margi nality of the construction. Clearly, the intuitions that native speakers have about parasitic gaps do not stem from direct instruction; hence, it is reasoned, such knowledge follows from the restrictions imposed by Universal Grammar. Furthermore, it is unlikely that any principle of Universal Grammar refers specifically to parasitic gap constructions; their syntactic and interpretive properties must instead follow entirely from ... Read more
The study of parasitic gap constructions (e. g. these are the reports; which you corrected _; before filing _i) has been a very lively area of research over the last decade. The impetus behind this lies mostly in the margi nality of the construction. Clearly, the intuitions that native speakers have about parasitic gaps do not stem from direct instruction; hence, it is reasoned, such knowledge follows from the restrictions imposed by Universal Grammar. Furthermore, it is unlikely that any principle of Universal Grammar refers specifically to parasitic gap constructions; their syntactic and interpretive properties must instead follow entirely from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792313236
SKU
V9780792313236
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