This book examines the syntax of direct object noun phrases in English within the Principles and Parameters, specifically Chomsky's Minimalist Program, approach to generative grammar. The main focus is on the phrase structural positions of object noun phrases at the various levels of representation, and secondarily on the relationship between structural position and semantic interpretation. Supported by a variety of empirical and conceptual arguments, the central claim of the book is that direct object noun phrases in English surface in a VP-external position; a secondary claim is that while in the overt syntax direct objects appear VP-externally, their position at the level of logical form varies depending on interpretation. Four basic constructions are studied: simple transitive clauses, transitive clauses with prepositional objects, the "raising to object" construction, and the "double object" construction. This book will be of interest to scholars in the areas of phrase structure syntax, English and Germanic syntax, the syntax-semantics interface, and all areas of generative approaches to syntax.
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The central claim of this thesis is that direct objects in English move overtly to a Case position external to VP. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
one undischarged, constituent containing the object, delete movement, delete strategy, downstairs copy, upstairs copy, theta governed, many linguistics students, double object construction, precedence account, adjoined adverbials, bare plural subject, overt syntax, adverb placement, room nude, proportional reading, raising account, mapping hypothesis, external theta role, embedded infinitive, many firefighters, intonational break, stylistic inversion, move overtly, connectivity effects Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The central claim of this thesis is that direct objects in English move overtly to a Case position external to VP. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
one undischarged, constituent containing the object, delete movement, delete strategy, downstairs copy, upstairs copy, theta governed, many linguistics students, double object construction, precedence account, adjoined adverbials, bare plural subject, overt syntax, adverb placement, room nude, proportional reading, raising account, mapping hypothesis, external theta role, embedded infinitive, many firefighters, intonational break, stylistic inversion, move overtly, connectivity effects Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Light Predicate Raising, Weak Crossover, George Washington, New York, Binding Principles New!
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- The Minimalist Program (Current Studies in Linguistics) by Noam Chomsky in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- English Syntax - 2nd Edition by C. L. Baker in Back Matter
- Semantic Interpretation in Generative Grammar (Current Studies in Linguistics) by Ray S. Jackendoff in Back Matter
- Star Trek: the manga Volume 1: Shinsei/Shinsei by Chris Dows on page 178
- Abstract Syntax and Latin Complementation by Robin T. Lakoff in Back Matter
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- Syntactic Issues in the English Imperative (Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics) by Eric Potsdam in Back Matter
- Skeptical Linguistic Essays by Paul M. Postal in Back Matter
- The Processing of Tense: Psycholinguistic Studies on the Interpretation of Tense and Temporal Relations (Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics) by M.W. Dickey in Back Matter
- Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of English (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) by Andrew Radford in Back Matter
- The Grammar of Identity: Intensifiers and Reflexives in Germanic Languages (Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics) by Volker Gast in Back Matter
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