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Parallel Structures in Syntax: Coordination, Causatives, and Restructuring

Parallel Structures in Syntax: Coordination, Causatives, and Restructuring

Goodall, Grant

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Book 46

Grammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 0521109167
ISBN13: 9780521109161
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 12 2009
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book proposes a radical revision in the definition of phrase markers, the fundamental object in the generative theory of syntax. Phrase markers have traditionally been defined in such a way that each node in the phrase marker must satisfy a relation of either dominance or precedence with every other node. Grant Goodall argues convincingly that the dominance and precedence requirement should be dropped. The argument is lucidly articulated and is supported by a comprehensive description and analysis of of coordination in English and of causative and restructuring constructions in the Romance languages. Parallel Structures in Syntax is a significant and thoughtful contribution to syntactic theory, and arguably provides the simplest and most elegant account available of many of the complex phenomena observed in coordination, causatives, and restructuring. It will interest not only theoretical linguists, but also computational linguists and cognitive scientists.

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