Logical Form - From Gb to Minimalism

Informationen zum Autor Norbert Hornstein is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, College Park. Klappentext This book critically reviews grammatical research into logical form over the past 20 years and reconsiders some of its major themes in the light of recent theoretical innovations. In the late 1970s generative grammarians proposed the existence of an abstract syntactic level of grammatical representation derived from surface structure which was phonetically invisible. This level! dubbed logical form! has been thought of as the information that the grammar contributes to semantic interpretation. Zusammenfassung aeo Critical review of major topic in generative grammar by leading researcher. aeo An important contribution to the Minimalist Program! the most significant current development in linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments. List of Abbreviations. 1. An Introduction. 2. Motivating LF. 3. More on LF. 4. Some Minimalist Background. 5. Antecedent Contained Deletion. 6. Linking! Binding and Weak Cross Over. 7. Superiority Effects. 8. Quantifier Scope. 9. Revisiting the Minimalist Program. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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• Authors: N Hornstein, Norbert Hornstein, Norbert (University of Maryland At Coll Hornstein, Norbert (University of Maryland at College Park) Hornstein
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.1995
• EAN: 9780631189428
• ISBN: 978-0-631-18942-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Generative Syntax; Generative Syntax
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures