Theoretical Comparative Syntax Studies in macroparameters

Collected for the first time in a single volume, these essays and articles by Naoki Fukui form an outline of some of the most significant and formative contributions to syntactic theory. Focusing particularly on the typological differences between English/type language and Japanese/type languages, F...

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Main Author	Fukui, Naoki
Format	eBook Book
Language	English
Published	Oxford Routledge 2006 Taylor and Francis Taylor & Francis
Edition	1
Series	Routledge Leading Linguists
Subjects	1986a 1991b Case Particles chomsky Chomsky 1986a clause Complex Np Constraint condition effect English English language English language > Grammar, Comparative > Japanese Feature Checking Functional Categories Functional Head Grammar & Language Usage Grammar, Comparative Grammar, Comparative and general Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax Grammar, Syntax & Linguistic Structure Grammar, syntax and morphology Head Parameter Heavy Np Shift Japanese Japanese language Japanese language > Grammar, Comparative > English Japanese Relative Clause Language and Linguistics Language Arts Lexical Categories Light Verb Linear Order Linguistics maximal Maximal Projection MLC Narrow Syntax Nonfiction Noun Phrases Phonological Component Phrase Structure Rules Principles and parameters (Linguistics) projection relative Spec Head Agreement subject Subject Condition Effects Syntax Theoretical Linguistics Maximal Projection Chomsky 1986a Spec Head Agreement MLC subject Linear Order Japanese Relative Clause Noun Phrases projection clause Subjacency Condition Complex Np Constraint Improper Movement Feature Checking Lexical Categories maximal Functional Head ECP Violation Relative Head chomsky Narrow Syntax 1991b Phrase Structure Rules Phonological Component condition Functional Categories Light Verb 1986a effect Case Particles Subject Condition Effects Heavy Np Shift Relative Clause relative Head Parameter
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ISBN	0415341035 0415860121 9780415341035 9780415860123 9781134326662 1134326661 1134326653 9781134326617 1134326610 9780203479179 0203479173 9781134326655
DOI	10.4324/9780203479179

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Intro -- Theoretical Comparative Syntax Studies in macroparameters -- Copyright -- Contents -- Original publication details -- Introduction -- 1 Specifiers and projection -- 2 LF extraction of naze: some theoretical implications -- 3 Strong and weak barriers: remarks on the proper characterization of barriers -- 4 Parameters and optionality -- 5 A note on improper movement -- 6 The principles-and-parameters approach: a comparative syntax of English and Japanese -- 7 Symmetry in syntax: Merge and Demerge -- 8 Order in phrase structure and movement -- 9 An A-over-A perspective on locality -- 10 The uniqueness parameter -- 11 Nominal structure: an extension of the Symmetry Principle -- 12 Phrase structure -- 13 The Visibility Guideline for functional categories: verb-raising in Japanese and related issues -- Appendix: on the nature of economy in language -- Notes -- References -- Index