Phrase Structure: From Gb to Minimalism - Couverture rigide

Chametzky, Robert A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0631201580 ISBN 13 : 9780631201588

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

This is the first and only book to provide an introduction to the fundamental theoretical issues of phrase structure in the Principles & Parameters approach to syntax. It provides in-depth analyses of basic phrase structure concepts and detailed examinations of different theoretical positions from within the Principles & Parameters tradition.The book approaches phrase structure through close discussion of Chomsky's The Minimalist Program (1995), Kayne's Antisymmetry of Syntax (1994) and the author's own A Theory of Phrase Markers and the Extended Base (1996), with a chapter devoted to each of these books. Throughout, the focus is almost exclusively on theoretical considerations such as primitive and derived concepts, theoretical architecture, simplicity and naturalness of extensions of basic ideas, internal coherence and consistency, and explanatory adequacy, with natural language data and analysis playing virtually no role. The structuring concepts and questions include the relation of argument structure to syntactic structure: headedness and endocentricity: the status of functional versus lexical categories: X-Bar Theory: and the respective statuses of precedence and dominance.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

This is the first and only book to provide an introduction to thefundamental theoretical issues of phrase structure in thePrinciples & Parameters approach to syntax. It providesin–depth analyses of basic phrase structure concepts and detailedexaminations of different theoretical positions from within thePrinciples & Parameters tradition.

The book approaches phrase structure through close discussion ofChomsky′s The Minimalist Program (1995), Kayne′sAntisymmetry of Syntax (1994) and the author′s own ATheory of Phrase Markers and the Extended Base (1996), with achapter devoted to each of these books. Throughout, the focus isalmost exclusively on theoretical considerations such as primitiveand derived concepts, theoretical architecture, simplicity andnaturalness of extensions of basic ideas, internal coherence andconsistency, and explanatory adequacy, with natural language dataand analysis playing virtually no role.

The structuring concepts and questions include the relation ofargument structure to syntactic structure; headedness andendocentricity; the status of functional versus lexical categories;X–Bar Theory; and the respective statuses of precedence anddominance.

Revue de presse

"Chametzky has written a lucid and penetrating overview of recenttheories of phrase structure, which addresses issues that are bothfundamental and daunting. He carefully separates recent proposalsinto their component parts, revealing how various theories differ,what properties they share, and where they fail to live up to theirminimalist claims." Peggy Speas, University of Massachusetts,Amherst

"This book could have been called ′Every Question you ever hadabout Phrase Structure and were Afraid to Ask′. Boththought–provoking and provocative, it will interest any seriousstudent of the GB tradition and how it shaped the emergingMinimalist Program." Juan Uriagereka, University of Maryland,College Park

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631201580
• ISBN 13: 9780631201588
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible