Smuggling in Syntax

One of the fundamental properties of human language is movement, where a constituent moves from one position in a sentence to another position. This book investigates how different movement operations interact with one another, focusing on the special case of smuggling, in which displacement occurs in two steps thus allowing for otherwise inaccessible movement operations.

Info autore

Adriana Belletti is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Siena. Her main research has focused on generative comparative morpho-syntax with special emphasis on Italian/Romance and on different modes of language acquisition within a grammar-based approach. Her publications include the co-authored volume The Acquisition of Italian (2015) and with OUP the edited volume Structures and Beyond (2004).

Chris Collins is Professor of Linguistics at New York University. He is a syntactician with an interest in African languages, including Ewe and the Khosian languages. His research focuses on anaphora, argument structure, negation, and ellipsis. He has written and edited multiple books, including most recently The Linker in the Khoisan Languages (OUP 2019).

Riassunto

One of the fundamental properties of human language is movement, where a constituent moves from one position in a sentence to another position. This book investigates how different movement operations interact with one another, focusing on the special case of smuggling, in which displacement occurs in two steps thus allowing for otherwise inaccessible movement operations.

Testo aggiuntivo

An idea of growing importance to syntactic theory, smuggling has yielded an explosion of exciting research. Collected here is some of the best.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Belletti, Adriana Belletti, Adriana (Professor of Linguistics Belletti, Chris Collins, Chris (Professor of Linguistics Collins
• Con la collaborazione di: Adriana Belletti (Editore), Chris Collins (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2021, ritardato
• EAN: 9780197509869
• ISBN: 978-0-19-750986-9
• Pagine: 336
• Serie: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax; Oxford Studies in Comparative; OXFORD STUDIES COMPARATIVE SYNTAX SERIES; Oxford Studies Comparative Syn
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata