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Informationen zum Autor Robert A. Chametzky is Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences at Cornell University. He is author of A Theory of Phrase Markers and the Extended Base (1996). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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 both in depth analyses of basic phrase structure concepts and detailed examinations of different theoretical positions from within the Principles & Parameters tradition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Our Topic. Introduction. Crucial Concepts/Themes. The Alternatives. Conclusion/Evaluation. Phrase Structure! the Past. PS rules and grammars. If not Phrase Structure! what?. Dependency Theory. Categorial Grammar. X--Bar Theory. And so what?. Part I: Phrase Structure in Principles & Parameters Syntax. 1. The Issues. 2. Structuralization and argument alignment. 3. Subjects in PS. 4. Adjunct(ion)s. 5. Heads in PS. 6. Functional vs. Lexical Categories. 7. Chomsky (1986a) and the a generalizationa hypothesis. 8. Fukui & Speas (1986)! Fukui (1995)! & Speas (1990): Functional Heads. 9. Abney (1987): Functional Elements. 10. Grimshaw (1991): From Extended Projection to a theoretical impasse. 11. Lebeaux (1988): Closed Class Items and a theoretical opening. 12. X--Bar Theory. 13. Rules. 14. Binary Branching. 15. How to order a phrase marker. Part II: The School of Athens. 16. The Work. 17. TPMa s Two Part Harmony. 18. PM Theory. 19. C--command. 20. Extending the Base. 21. Islands: PS of No Return. 22. Syntactic Structure & Argument Structure. 23. Structuralization & Argument Alignment. 24. Subjects. 25. Adjunct(ion)s. 26. Heads & Exocentricity. 27. Heads. 28. Exocentricity: the Gerund. 29. Functional Categories. 30. X--Bar Theory. 31. PS Rules. 32. Branching. 33. PM Ordering. Part III: View of Toledo. 34. The Chapter. 35. The Work. 36. The LCA. 37. X--Bar Derived. 38. Specifiers & Adjunction. 39. Subsequence! precedence! word order. 40. Theoretical Considerations. 41. Substantive Considerations. 42. Et Seq. 43. And! again. 44. Syntactic Structure & Argument Structure. 45. Structuralization & Argument Alignment. 46. Subjects. 47. Adjunct(ion)s. 48. Heads. 49. Functional Categories. 50. X--Bar Theory. 51. Derive & Concur. 52. Branching. 53. PM Ordering. Part IV: Less is More. 54. The Work. 55. The Computational Component. 56. Against Move. 57. The Numeration. 58. PS in TMP. 59. Minimal Mechanics. 60. Spanners in the Works. 61. Merge. 62. Select. 63. Merge! again. 64. Labels and Terms. 65. Merge! one more time. 66. Conclusions. 6...
