Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax.
Title:
Oxford Handbook of Comparative Syntax.
Author:
Cinque, Guglielmo.
ISBN:
9780199722747
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (990 pages)
Series:
Oxford Handbooks in Linguistics
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Some Notes on Comparative Syntax, with Special Reference to English and French -- 2. On the Grammatical Basis of Language Development: A Case Study -- 3. Comparative Syntax and Language Disorders -- 4. Object Shift, Verb Movement, and Verb Reduplication -- 5. Finiteness and Negation in Dravidian -- 6. On Some Descriptive Generalizations in Romance -- 7. Classifiers in Four Varieties of Chinese -- 8. Morphology and Word Order in "Creolization" and Beyond -- 9. The Slavic Languages -- 10. The Scandinavian Languages -- 11. Noun Class, Gender, and the Lexicon-Syntax-Morphology Interfaces: A Comparative Study of Niger-Congo and Romance Languages -- 12. Agreement and Its Placement in Turkic Nonsubject Relative Clauses -- 13. Qu'est-ce-que (qu)-est-ce que? A Case Study in Comparative Romance Interrogative Syntax -- 14. Clitic Placement, Grammaticalization, and Reanalysis in Berber -- 15. Clitic Placement in Western Iberian: A Minimalist View -- 16. Comparative Athapaskan Syntax: Arguments and Projections -- 17. Number Agreement Variation in Catalan Dialects -- 18. Classifiers and DP Structure in Southeast Asia -- 19. The Celtic Languages -- 20. Preverbal Elements in Korean and Japanese -- 21. Continental West-Germanic Languages -- Language Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Comparison across formal languages is an essential part of formal linguistics. The study of closely-related varieties has proven extremely useful in illuminating relations between cross-linguistic syntactic differences that might otherwise appear unrelated, and has helped to identify the core principles of Universal Grammar. Comparative studies have grown to the point where a reference work is needed to comprehensively explain the state of the field and makes its results more widely known, and this handbook fulfills that need. Its twenty-one commissioned chapters serve two functions: they provide a general and theoretical introduction to comparative syntax, its methodology, and its relation to other domains on linguistic inquiry; and they also provide a systematic selection of the best comparative work being done today on those language groups and families where substantial progress has been achieved. With top-notch editors and contributors from around the world, this volume will be an essential resource for scholars and students in formal linguistics.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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