Minimalist Syntax for Quantifier Raising, Topicalization and Focus Movement: A Search and Float Approach for Internal Merge
Abe, Jun (University Of Tokyo, Japan)
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Hardback. Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 537.
This volume examines how the displacement property of language is characterized in formal terms under the Minimalist Program and to what extent this proposed characterization of it can explain relevant displacement properties. The birth of the Principles and Parameters Approach makes it possible to simplify transformational rules so radically as to be reduced to the single rule Move. The author proposes that Move, as conceived as a special case of Merge, named internal Merge, under the Minimalist Program requires two prerequisite operations: one is to “dig” into a structure to find a target of Merge, called Search, and the other ... Read more
This volume examines how the displacement property of language is characterized in formal terms under the Minimalist Program and to what extent this proposed characterization of it can explain relevant displacement properties. The birth of the Principles and Parameters Approach makes it possible to simplify transformational rules so radically as to be reduced to the single rule Move. The author proposes that Move, as conceived as a special case of Merge, named internal Merge, under the Minimalist Program requires two prerequisite operations: one is to “dig” into a structure to find a target of Merge, called Search, and the other ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319473031
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V9783319473031
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