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OverviewNatural languages offer many examples of displacement, i.e. constructions in which a non-local expression is critical for some grammatical end. Two central examples include phenomena such as raising and passive on the one hand, and control on the other. Though each phenomenon is an example of displacement, they have been theoretically distinguished. Movement rules have generated the former and formally very different construal rules, the latter. The Movement Theory of Control challenges this differentiation and argues that the operations that generate the two constructions are the same, the differences arising from the positions through which the displaced elements are moved. In the context of the Minimalist Program, reducing the class of basic operations is methodologically prized. This volume is a collection of original papers that argue for this approach to control on theoretical and empirical grounds as well. The papers also develop and constrain the movement theory to account for novel phenomena from a variety of languages. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Norbert Hornstein (University of Maryland at College Park) , Dr Maria Polinsky (Harvard University Harvard University, Massachusetts Harvard University, Massachusetts Harvard University, Massachusetts Harvard University, Massachusetts)Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co ISBN: 9781282558564ISBN 10: 1282558560 Pages: 341 Publication Date: 29 April 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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