On Economizing the Theory of A-Bar Dependencies
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Adjunct Behavior
Antecedent Clause
Author_Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai
bare
Bare Conditionals
Bare Plural
binding
Category=CFK
chain
comparative wh-construals in linguistics
conditionals
Consequent Clause
CP Node
CP Spec
crosslinguistic comparison
DP Spec
eq_bestseller
eq_dictionaries-language-reference
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
Existential Predicates
formation
Individual Level Predicates
Long Distance Binding
minimalist syntax
morphosyntactic variation
Non-restrictive Relatives
nuclear
Nuclear Scope
operator variable binding
Overt Syntax
predicate
Relativized Minimality Effects
scope
Secondary Predicates
semantics interface
Sov Order
Specific Indefinites
Stage Level Predicates
syntactic
Syntactic Predicate
Syntax Semantics Mapping
unselective
Unselective Binding
VP Internal Subject Hypothesis
VP Spec
wh-movement analysis
Yi Ge Ren
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- ISBN 9780815332992
- Weight: 570g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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First Published in 1999. This book is divided into two parts. The first part is essentially a response to a minimalist question: how perfect is language? There are so many factors involved in hiding the true nature of a language from casual observers. On the other hand, it is a lot easier to put a few languages side by side and show that the apparent imperfection actually comes from the diversity of their lexicons. By comparing wh-construals in Chinese, Japanese, English and Hindi, it becomes clear that these languages follow an optimal design of operator-variable dependencies as best as they could. As best as their individual morphologies allow, for that matter. The second part of this book addresses the issue how syntax interacts with semantics in a minimalist way.
