Minimalist syntax for quantifier raising, topicalization and focus movement : a search and float approach for internal merge /: a search and float approach for internal merge. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jun Abe.
• Authors: (Linguist), Abe, Jun
• Contents: 1 Introduction -- 2 Mechanism of Search and Float for Internal Merge -- 2.1 Minimal Search -- 2.2 Float -- 3 Search and Float for Covert Movement -- 3.1 Minimal Search and Float for Quantifier Raising -- 3.2 Covert Wh-Movement -- 3.3 Covert Oblique Movement of Wh-Phrases -- 4 Case Study I: Plurals and Reciprocals -- 4.1 The Cumulative Reading and Clause-Boundedness -- 4.2 The Cumulative Reading and Rigidity -- 4.3 Reciprocals -- 4.4 Sternefeld's (1993) Problem and Further Evidence for QR -- 4.5 Clause-Boundedness and Condition A -- 5 Case Study II: Multiple Wh-Questions in Japanese -- 5.1 Absorption in Japanese Multiple Wh-Questions -- 5.2 The Scope of Multiple Wh-Phrases that Undergo Absorption -- 5.3 What is the Trigger of a Wh-Argument Being Merged with Another -- 5.3.1 Cumulative Readings in Multiple Wh-Questions -- 5.3.2 Pair-List Readings of Multiple Wh-Questions -- 5.4 Intervention Effects and MCL -- 5.5 Pair-List Readings of Plural Dono N-Phrases -- 5.6 Apparent Pair-List Readings -- 6 Search and Float for Topicalization and Focalization -- 6.1 Licensing [S-Focus] Features -- 6.2 Minimal Search and MCL for Licensing [S-Focus] Features -- 6.3 Wh-Movement for Licensing [S-Focus] Features -- 6.4 Licensing [S-Focus] Features in Ellipsis -- Appendix Focus Movement and QR -- 7 Conclusions -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 240 pages)
• Subjects: 415.01/822; Minimalist theory (Linguistics); Minimalist theory (Linguistics); Linguistics; Syntax; Japanese; Asian Languages; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3319473042; 9783319473048
• Related ISBNs: 3319473034; 9783319473031
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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