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Rarely Used Structures and Lesser-Studied Languages

Emily Manetta
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advanced syntactic structures research
Alternative Questions
Argument Ellipsis
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Case Resumption
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clausal periphery theory
Def Boy
ellipsis phenomena
Ellipsis Site
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Fronted Wh Phrases
generative syntax
generative theory
Head Final Languages
Indic languages
Indic linguistics
insights
Kashmiri
languages
Left Periphery
lesser-studied languages
linguistic theory
linguistics
Long Distance Dependencies
Main Verb
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Marginal Structures
marginal syntactic structures
margins
micro-comparative analysis
Narrow Syntax
Native Speaker Linguists
Null Pronominal
Overt Pronominal
Parasitic Gap Construction
PG
Polar Questions
Relative Clauses
Resumptive Pronouns
Romani
Sloppy Reading
syntactic configurations
syntactic displacement
Unbounded Dependencies
Verb Movement
VP Ellipsis

Product details

  • ISBN 9780367784072
  • Weight: 244g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 31 Mar 2021
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

This book investigates a set of marginal syntactic structures which have been singularly influential in the development of generative theory, spotlighting lesser-studied languages of the Indic family while emphasizing implications for linguistic theory more broadly. After first defining what constitutes a marginal syntactic structure, this book then undertakes a micro-comparative approach to the rigorous exploration of fundamental properties of human language, including displacement, ellipsis, unbounded dependencies, and the role of clausal peripheries in such languages as Kashmiri and Romani. In so doing, Manetta interrogates and ultimately affirms the relevance of marked and marginal strings which have proven to be crucial to generative syntax while simultaneously advocating for the role of lesser-studied languages to the study of such properties. This book is key reading for graduate students and researchers in linguistics and syntax more specifically, as well as those interested in the study of Indic languages.
About Emily Manetta

Emily Manetta is an Associate Professor of Linguistics and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Vermont, USA.

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