Syntactic Effects of Conjunctivist Semantics -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Goals -- 1.2. Methodology -- 1.3. Structure of the book -- 1.4. Motivation: Why movement and adjunction? -- 2. Background -- 2.1. Minimalist Grammars -- 2.1.1 An early formulation -- 2.1.2 Eliminating redundancies in expressions -- 2.1.3 Movement as re-merge -- 2.1.4 A remark on notation -- 2.2. The Conjunctivist conception of neo-Davidsonian semantics -- 2.2.1 Neo-Davidsonian logical forms -- 2.2.2 Conjunctivist semantic composition -- 2.2.2.1 Pure function application -- 2.2.2.2 Function application with adjustment in certain configurations -- 2.2.2.3 Conjunction with adjustment in certain configurations -- 2.2.2.4 Comparisons and discussion -- 2.2.3 Conjunctivist details -- 2.2.4 Potential objections -- 3. Arguments, adjuncts and Conjunctivist interpretation -- 3.1. Overview -- 3.2. Syntactic properties of arguments and adjuncts -- 3.2.1 Descriptive generalisations -- 3.2.2 Adjuncts in the MG formalism -- 3.3. Syntactic consequences of Conjunctivism -- 3.4. Conjunctivist interpretation of MG derivations -- 3.4.1 Getting started -- 3.4.2 Interpretation of arguments -- 3.4.3 Interpretation of adjuncts -- 3.5. Discussion -- 3.5.1 Potential objections -- 3.5.2 Use of the terms "spellout" and "phase" -- 3.5.3 The role of syntactic features and semantic sorts -- 3.6. Counter-cyclic adjunction -- 3.6.1 MG implementations of counter-cyclic adjunction -- 3.6.2 Constraints on counter-cyclic adjunction -- 3.7. Conclusion -- 3. a Appendix: Structures with vP shells -- 4. Adjunct islands and freezing effects -- 4.1. Overview -- 4.2. Previous accounts of adjunct islands and freezing effects -- 4.2.1 Early work: Non-canonical structures.

4.2.2 The complement/non-complement distinction -- 4.2.3 Subject islands as freezing effects -- 4.3. Constraining movement -- 4.3.1 Extraction from adjuncts, as currently permitted -- 4.3.2 Prohibiting extraction from adjuncts -- 4.3.3 Freezing effects follow -- 4.4. Remnant movement -- 4.4.1 Predictions for remnant movement -- 4.4.2 English VP-fronting -- 4.4.3 German "incomplete category fronting" -- 4.4.4 Japanese scrambling -- 4.5. Conclusion -- 5. Quantification via Conjunctivist interpretation -- 5.1. Basic semantic values -- 5.2. Assignments and assignment variants -- 5.2.1 Pronouns and demonstratives -- 5.2.2 Tarskian assignment variants -- 5.3. Syntactic details -- 5.4. Semantic details -- 5.5. Multiple quantifiers -- 5.5.1 Semantics -- 5.5.2 Syntax -- 5.6. Discussion -- 5.6.1 Quantifiers as adjuncts -- 5.6.2 The target position of quantifier-raising -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of names -- Index of subjects.