Symmetry in Syntax - Merge, Move and Labels

Informationen zum Autor Barbara Citko is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her research includes work on phrase structure, coordination, relative clauses, wh-questions and the syntax of Slavic languages. Klappentext Examines symmetric aspects of three core mechanisms in minimalist syntax: merge! move and labeling. Zusammenfassung Does symmetry in syntax exist! and if it does! how do we account for it? In this book! Barbara Citko sets out to tackle these questions and offers a unified approach to a number of phenomena that have so far been studied only in isolation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Rationale; 2. Asymmetry in syntax; 3. Symmetry in merge; 4. Symmetry in move; 5. Symmetric labels; 6. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Citko, Barbara (University of Washington) Citko
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2011
• EAN: 9781107005556
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00555-6
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguisti
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures