Syntax of Adjuncts

Klappentext 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. A wide range of adverbial types is analyzed; predicational adverbs (such as manner! and modal adverbs)! domain expressions such as financially! temporal! frequency! duration! and focusing adverbials; participant PP's (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). Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: Thomas Ernst, Thomas (University of Massachusetts Ernst
• Assisted by: S. R. Anderson (Editor), J. Bresnan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521028189
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02818-9
• No. of pages: 568
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Cambridge Studies in Linguisti
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics