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OverviewThis volume brings to fore the centrality of asymmetry in DP, VP and CP. A finer grained articulation of the DP is proposed, and further functional projections for restrictive relatives, as well as a refined analyses of case identification and presumptive pronouns. The papers on VP discuss further asymmetries among arguments, and between arguments and adjuncts. Double-object constructions, specificational copula sentences, secondary predicates, and the scope properties of adjuncts are discussed in this perspective. The papers on CP propose a further articulation of the phrasal projection, justifications for Remnant IP movement, and an analysis of variation in clause structure asymmetries. The papers in semantics support the hypothesis that interpretation is a function of configurational asymmetry. The type/token information difference is further argued to correspond to the partition between the upper and lower level of the phrase. It is also proposed that Point of View Roles are not primitives of the pragmatic component, but are head-dependent categories. Configurationality is further argued to be required to distinguish contrastive from non-contrastive Topic. Compositionality is proposed to explain cross-linguistic variations in the selectional behaviour of typologically different languages. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anna Maria Di Sciullo (University of Quebec at Montreal)Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co Volume: 57 Weight: 0.685kg ISBN: 9789027227782ISBN 10: 9027227780 Pages: 405 Publication Date: 20 March 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Asymmetry in grammar: Syntax and semantics (by Di Sciullo, Anna Maria); 2. French definite determiners in indefinite contexts and asymmetric agreement (by Androutsopoulou, Antonia); 3. Restrictive relative clauses vs. restrictive Adjectives: An asymmetry within the class of modifiers (by Isac, Daniela); 4. Asymmetry in case: Finnish and Old Russian nominative objects (by Jakab, Edit); 5. Resumption and asymmetric derivation (by Boeckx, Cedric); 6. Recontructing nonconfigurationality (by Legate, Julie Anne); 7. Structural asymmetries but same word order: The dative alternation in Spanish (by Cuervo, Maria Cristina); 8. On the asymmetry of the specificational copula sentence (by Gueron, Jacqueline); 9. The asymmetry between depictives and resultatives in Chinese (by Zhang, Niina Ning); 10. Adjuncts and word order asymmetries (by Ernst, Thomas); 11. Wh-asymmetries (by Ambar, Manuela); 12. Three arguments for remnant IP movement in Romance (by Pollock, Jean-Yves); 13. The clause structure of extraction asymmetries (by Di Sciullo, Anna Maria); 14. Interpretive asymmetries in major phrases (by Carlson, Greg N.); 15. Configurational properties of point of view roles (by Speas, Peggy); 16. Contrastive Topic and proposition structure (by Lee, Chungmin); 17. Categories, types, and qualia selection (by Pustejovsky, James); 18. IndexReviewsAnna Maria Di Sciullo has assembled a remarkable collection of papers that contribute, in highly varied ways, to the asymmetry project that she has been conducting. They offer many fascinating insights and ideas, which will doubtless stimulate a great deal of valuable inquiry. -- Noam Chomsky, MIT Cambridge "Anna Maria Di Sciullo has assembled a remarkable collection of papers that contribute, in highly varied ways, to the ""asymmetry project"" that she has been conducting. They offer many fascinating insights and ideas, which will doubtless stimulate a great deal of valuable inquiry. -- Noam Chomsky, MIT Cambridge" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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