Focusing on issues of case theory and comparative grammar, this study treats selected problems in the syntax of the Slavic languages from the perspective of Government-Binding theory. Steven Franks seeks to develop parametric solutions to related constructions among the various Slavic languages. A model of case based loosely on Jakobson's feature system is adapted to a variety of comparative problems in Slavic, including across-the-board constructions, quantification, secondary predication, null subject phenomena, and voice. Solutions considered make use of recent approaches to phrase structure, including the VP-internal subject hypothesis and the DP hypothesis. The book will serve admirably as an introduction to GB theory for Slavic linguists as well as to the range of problems posed by Slavic for general syntacticians.
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"...Franks has done both general and Slavic linguists an estimable service by making available in one attractive volume the satisfying results of more than a decade's worth of principled research efforts."--Slavic Review
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Steven Franks is at Indiana University.
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null subject parameter, relational grammar, paucal numerals, default instrumental, approximative inversion, dispositional reflexive construction, accusative restriction, ordinary predicate adjectives, null subject phenomena, predicate adjective agreement, frozen quantifiers, case submatrix, krasivyx devusek, dative phenomenon, animacy rule, null quantifier, quantificational genitive, feature submatrices, individuated reading, null thematic subjects, dispositional construction, expletive subject pronouns, genitive under negation, assigning dative, structural case positions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Slavic, Case Filter, Upper Sorbian, Lower Sorbian, Projection Principle, West Slavic, North Russian, Agreement Principle, Galician Portuguese, Overt Expletive Subject Parameter, Wayles Browne, South Slavic, Principle of Lexical Satisfaction, Pro-Drop Parameter, Canonical Structural Realization, Empty Category Principle, Like-Attracts Like Constraint, Universal Grammar, Syntactic Case Hierarchy, Exceptional Case Marking, Case Resistance Principle, Overt Subject Parameter, Quantifier Raising, Logical Form, Rich Campbell Browse Sample Pages:
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null subject parameter, relational grammar, paucal numerals, default instrumental, approximative inversion, dispositional reflexive construction, accusative restriction, ordinary predicate adjectives, null subject phenomena, predicate adjective agreement, frozen quantifiers, case submatrix, krasivyx devusek, dative phenomenon, animacy rule, null quantifier, quantificational genitive, feature submatrices, individuated reading, null thematic subjects, dispositional construction, expletive subject pronouns, genitive under negation, assigning dative, structural case positions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East Slavic, Case Filter, Upper Sorbian, Lower Sorbian, Projection Principle, West Slavic, North Russian, Agreement Principle, Galician Portuguese, Overt Expletive Subject Parameter, Wayles Browne, South Slavic, Principle of Lexical Satisfaction, Pro-Drop Parameter, Canonical Structural Realization, Empty Category Principle, Like-Attracts Like Constraint, Universal Grammar, Syntactic Case Hierarchy, Exceptional Case Marking, Case Resistance Principle, Overt Subject Parameter, Quantifier Raising, Logical Form, Rich Campbell Browse Sample Pages:
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