Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-283) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This book can be read on two levels: as a novel empirical study of wh- interrogatives and relative constructions in a variety of languages and as a theoretical investigation of chain formation in grammar.The book is divided into two parts. Part I investigates the distribution and interpretation of multiple wh- interrogative constructions, focusing on the workings of Superiority. Part II investigates the structure and derivation of relative constructions. The main languages discussed are Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, and English. The theoretical materials are in the generative grammar tradition.
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MIT Press
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MIT Press
Stock Number
2832
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9780262267229
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Title
Essays on the representational and derivational nature of grammar.
International Standard Book Number
0262511320
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Generative grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Interrogative.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Relative clauses.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Syntax.
Afleiding (taalkunde)
Generative grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Interrogative.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Relative clauses.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Syntax.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Syntax.