Noun Phrase Licensing
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A01=Jeffrey T. Runner
Accusative Case Assignment
Adverb Placement
Author_Jeffrey T. Runner
Bare Plural
case
Category=C
Category=CF
Category=DS
construction
delete
Delete Strategy
direct object interpretation in English
double
Double Object Construction
ECM Verb
English object position
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_dictionaries-language-reference
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
External Theta Role
feature
generative grammar
Heavy Np Shift
Individual Level Predicates
LF Position
LF Representation
Linear Precedence
Main Verb
Manner Adverb
mapping
minimalist syntax
Negative Polarity Items
Nominative Case Assignment
Np Move
object
overt
Overt Syntax
phrase structure theory
Proportional Interpretation
Raising Account
Small Clause
Stage Level Predicates
strategy
Stylistic Inversion
syntax
syntax-semantics interface
Vice Versa
VP-shell analysis
Wh Phrase
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- ISBN 9781138994539
- Weight: 480g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jul 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book examines the syntax of direct object noun phrases in English within the Principles and Parameters, specifically Chomsky's Minimalist Program, approach to generative grammar. The main focus is on the phrase structural positions of object noun phrases at the various levels of representation, and secondarily on the relationship between structural position and semantic interpretation. Supported by a variety of empirical and conceptual arguments, the central claim of the book is that direct object noun phrases in English surface in a VP-external position; a secondary claim is that while in the overt syntax direct objects appear VP-externally, their position at the level of logical form varies depending on interpretation. Four basic constructions are studied: simple transitive clauses, transitive clauses with prepositional objects, the "raising to object" construction, and the "double object" construction. This book will be of interest to scholars in the areas of phrase structure syntax, English and Germanic syntax, the syntax-semantics interface, and all areas of generative approaches to syntax.
