Adjectives, Number and Interfaces: Why Languages Vary - Couverture rigide

Livre 7 sur 8: North Holland Linguistic Series: Linguistic Variations

Bouchard, Denis

 
9780080440552: Adjectives, Number and Interfaces: Why Languages Vary
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 008044055X ISBN 13 : 9780080440552
Editeur : Brassey's (UK) Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

A study of why languages vary the way they do in the domain of adjectival modification in French as contrasted with other Indo-European languages (English, Celtic, Walloon, Romanian, Italian). Rejecting previous well-known analyses in terms of syntactic movement to various functional heads, the author proposes a model in which external properties of interfaces are the foundations from which the variation is derived. Limiting severely the technical apparatus of syntax, the author argues that the properties of number at the interfaces are shown to provide a simple and precise solution for longstanding problems of compositionality raised by adjectival modification. There is also a unified analysis of the many other properties involved. The model provides a principled explanation of the variation concerning nominals without determiners (bare NPs) and determiners without nominals (clitics).

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Brassey's (UK) Ltd
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
008044055X
ISBN 13 
9780080440552
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
472
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible