Head movement in syntax
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Head movement in syntax
（Linguistik aktuell, v. 224）
John Benjamins, c2015
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-188) and index
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Description
Head Movement in Syntax argues that verb movement is a narrow syntactic phenomenon that can affect locality constraints. The altered locality domains are detectable from the way certain phrasal elements such as a phrase containing a Wh are forced to undergo movement. The basic idea explored in the book dates back to Chomsky (1986) where the movement of a verb is proposed to be able to affect and alter a barrier. This idea is translated into contemporary minimalist apparatus to capture locality conditions, with Wh movement in Malayalam, a Dravidian language spoken in Southern India, providing the necessary data. The book also points out that analysing Wh movement in Malayalam as a sub-case of Focus movement is untenable and offers a fresh perspective on Wh-in-situ versus Wh-movement. In addition, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of the pronominal system in Malayalam, a language that violates the canonical binding conditions.
Table of Contents
- 1. Acknowledgements
- 2. Abbreviations used in glosses
- 3. Abstract
- 4. Chapter 1. Introduction
- 5. Chapter 2. SOV via head movement
- 6. Chapter 3. aanu Construction
- 7. Chapter 4. Wh in Malayalam - morphology
- 8. Chapter 5. Wh in interrogative constructions
- 9. Chapter 6. Positioning the Wh
- 10. Chapter 7. In-situ versus movement
- 11. Chapter 8. Conclusion
- 12. Chapter 9. Afterword: Verb movement and word order
- 13. References
- 14. Index
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