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The Syntax and Semantics of Split Constructions: A Comparative Study

The Syntax and Semantics of Split Constructions: A Comparative Study

Butler, A.
Mathieu, E.

Hardcover

Grammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 1403921121
ISBN13: 9781403921123
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Apr 7 2004
Pages: 223
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.44 Depth: 8.88
Language: English
Split constructions are very widespread in natural languages. The separation of the semantic restriction of a quantifier from that quantifier is a typical example of such a construction. This study addresses the problem that such discontinuous strings exhibit a number of locality constraints, including intervention effects. These are shown to follow from the interaction of a minimalist syntax with a semantics that directly assigns a model-theoretic interpretation to syntactic logical forms. The approach is shown to have wide empirical coverage and a conceptual simplicity. The book will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of syntax and semantics.

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