The Syntax of Adjuncts

Thomas Ernst (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

568 Seiten

2006
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-02818-9 (ISBN)

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This book proposes a theory of the distribution of adverbial adjuncts in a Principles and Parameters framework, claiming that there are few syntactic principles specific to adverbials; rather, for the most part, adverbials adjoin freely to any projection. Adjuncts' possible hierarchical positions are determined by whether they can receive a proper interpretation, according to their selectional (including scope) requirements and general compositional rules, while linear order is determined by hierarchical position along with a system of directionality principles and morphological weight, both of which apply generally to adjuncts and all other syntactic elements. A wide range of adverbial types is analysed; predicational adverbs (such as manner, and modal adverbs), domain expressions like financially, temporal, frequency, duration and focusing adverbials; participant PPs (e.g. locatives and benefactives); resultative and conditional clauses, and others, taken primarily from English, Chinese, French and Italian, with occasional reference to others (such as German and Japanese).

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The semantics of predicational adverbs; 3. The scopal basis of adverb licensing; 4. Arguments for right-adjunction; 5. Noncanonical orders and the structure of VP; 6. Event-internal adjuncts; 7. Adjunct licensing in the auxrange; 8. Adjuncts in clause-initial projections; 9. Conclusions and prospects; Notes; References; Indexes.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.11.2006
Reihe/Serie	Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
Zusatzinfo	55 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	833 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-521-02818-3 / 0521028183
ISBN-13	978-0-521-02818-9 / 9780521028189
Zustand	Neuware