The syntax and semantics of the left periphery
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The left periphery of clausal structures has been a prominent topic of research in generative linguistics during the last decades. Closer examination of its properties unfolds a rich array of perspectives like the status of barriers for extraction and government, the articulation of the topic focus structure, the fixation of wh-scope, the marking of clausal types, the interaction of syntactic structure with inflectional morphology as well as the determination of sentence mood and illocutionary force to mention just a few. The purpose of this book is to collect different and relevant studies in this field and to give a general overview of the various theoretical approaches concerned with morphological, syntactic and semantic properties together with the diachronic development of the left periphery.
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The syntax and semantics of the left periphery, Horst Lohnstein
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- 2004
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- Title
- The syntax and semantics of the left periphery
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Horst Lohnstein
- Publisher
- Mouton de Gruyter
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 3110181215
- ISBN13
- 9783110181210
- Series
- Interface explorations
- Category
- Language dictionaries and textbooks
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- The left periphery of clausal structures has been a prominent topic of research in generative linguistics during the last decades. Closer examination of its properties unfolds a rich array of perspectives like the status of barriers for extraction and government, the articulation of the topic focus structure, the fixation of wh-scope, the marking of clausal types, the interaction of syntactic structure with inflectional morphology as well as the determination of sentence mood and illocutionary force to mention just a few. The purpose of this book is to collect different and relevant studies in this field and to give a general overview of the various theoretical approaches concerned with morphological, syntactic and semantic properties together with the diachronic development of the left periphery.