Dissolving Binding Theory

Informationen zum Autor Johan Rooryck is Professor of French Linguistics at Leiden University. He is the executive editor of Lingua (Elsevier), and an associate editor of the Linguistic Variation Yearbook (Benjamins). He has previously published Configurations of sentential complementation (Routledge, 2000).Guido Vanden Wyngaerd is Professor of General and English Linguistics at the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel. He has previously published PRO-legomena: Distribution and reference of infinitival subjects (1994, De Gruyter). Klappentext This book examines the distribution and interpretation of anaphors and pronouns. Through a detailed analysis of simplex and complex anaphors in Dutch and English, as well as other Romance and Germanic languages, the authors show that the relationship between an anaphor and its antecedent can be captured in terms of general Minimalist principles. Zusammenfassung This book examines the distribution and interpretation of anaphors and pronouns. Through a detailed analysis of simplex and complex anaphors in Dutch and English! as well as other Romance and Germanic languages! the authors show that the relationship between an anaphor and its antecedent can be captured in terms of general Minimalist principles. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Binding, Agree, and the Elsewhere Principle 3: The Syntax of Simplex Reflexives 4: Self-Reflexives as Floating Quantifiers 5: Extending the Analysis 6: The Semantics of Simplex and Complex Reflexives: the case of zich and zichzelf 7: The Syntax of Spatial Anaphora 8: Conclusion References

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• Authors: Johan Rooryck, Johan/ Vanden Wyngaerd Rooryck, Rooryck Johan, Guido Vanden Wyngaerd, Guido Vanden Wyngaerd
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2011
• EAN: 9780199691326
• ISBN: 978-0-19-969132-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics; Oxford Studies in Theoretical; Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics; Oxford Studies in Theoretical
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc