Elementary Syntactic Structures - Prospects of a Feature-Free Syntax

This book proposes a new model of syntax, in which all the fundamental units and properties of syntax are rethought.

Sommario

Preface; Abbreviations and symbols; 1. Biolinguistic concerns; 2. Syntactic order for free: merge ¿; 3. Trusting in the external systems: descent with modification; 4. Elaborate grammatical structures: how (and where) to deal with variation; 5. Interdisciplinary prospects; Appendix 1. Déjà vu all over again?; Appendix 2. Switching metaphors: from clocks to sandpiles; Appendix 3. More on the loss of syntactic variation; Bibliography; Index.

Info autore

Cedric Boeckx is Research Professor at ICREA (The Catalan Institute for Advanced Studies) and a member of the Department of Linguistics at Universitat de Barcelona.

Riassunto

Turning grammar upside down, this book proposes a new model of syntax that is better suited for interdisciplinary interactions, and shows how syntax can proceed free of lexical influence. The empirical domain examined is vast, and all the fundamental units and properties of syntax are rethought.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cedric Boeckx, Boeckx Cedric
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781316645376
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64537-6
• Pagine: 220
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Philosophy, Psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Biology, life sciences, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Grammar, syntax and morphology