Essays in Syntactic Theory (Routledge Leading Linguists)

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
DEDICATION......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 8
1  The (Mentalistic) Framework......Page 9
2  The Articles......Page 11
References......Page 14
1  A NOTE ON FUNCTIONAL DETERMINATION AND STRONG CROSSOVER......Page 16
1  The K and S Analysis of SCO......Page 17
2  Generable SCO Configurations......Page 18
3  Solutions......Page 19
References......Page 20
2  QUANTIFIER-PRO AND THE LF REPRESENTATION OF PROARB......Page 22
Notes......Page 25
References......Page 26
3 THE LOCAL BINDING CONDITION AND LF CHAINS......Page 28
1  Evidence for a Local Binding Condition......Page 29
2  LFA-Chains......Page 31
3.1  Solution 1......Page 35
3.2  Solution 2......Page 36
4  Summary and Discussion......Page 39
Notes......Page 41
References......Page 45
1  The Scope Principle, Relative Scope, and the Path Containment Condition......Page 46
2  Absolute Scope and Pronominal Variable Binding......Page 49
3  Problems with the Analysis of Pronominal Variable Binding......Page 50
4  A Solution......Page 52
Notes......Page 54
References......Page 57
1  Quantifier Movement: Raising and Lowering......Page 59
2  Null Operators......Page 61
3  Quantification in NO Constructions......Page 62
Notes......Page 66
References......Page 69
1  Introduction......Page 71
2  The Reduction of the Case Filter......Page 72
3  Contrasts in Ungrammatically; Evidence for Differentiation......Page 73
Notes......Page 77
References......Page 78
1 LF Wh-Movement from Comp......Page 79
1.1  A θ-Based Constraint on Rule Application......Page 81
1.3  A Structure-Based Chain Formation Constraint......Page 82
1.5  An S-Structure Condition......Page 83
1.6  LF Filters......Page 84
1.7  Summary of the Previous Approaches......Page 85
1.8  An Economy Approach......Page 86
2  Topicalized Quantifier Phrases......Page 87
3  The Nontopicalizability of Wh-Phrases......Page 88
4  Elimination of the [-Wh] Comp Filter......Page 90
5  On Syntactic VP-Adjunction of Wife-Phrases......Page 91
6  The [+Wh] Comp Filter......Page 92
Notes......Page 96
References......Page 100
1  Superiority Effects: Previous Analyses and Counterexamples......Page 102
2  The Operator Disjointness Condition......Page 105
3  Reformulating the ODC......Page 108
4  The Scope-Marking Condition......Page 111
5  I as a Proper Governor at LF......Page 114
6.1  Background Assumptions: Checking Theory......Page 118
6.2  A Difference between Syntactic V-Raising and LF V-Raising......Page 119
6.3  An Answer......Page 122
6.4  Toward the Elimination of Index-sensitive Antecedent (Head) Government Conditions......Page 129
7  The Bare Phrase Structure Theory......Page 131
Notes......Page 133
References......Page 145
1  Introduction: Syntactic Relations......Page 148
2  Syntactic Relations in Principle-Based Theory......Page 151
3.1  Representational C-Command......Page 152
3.2  The Derivation of C-Command......Page 154
3.3  Summary......Page 160
3.4  Towards a Deduction of the Derivational Definition of C-Command......Page 161
4  The Head-Complement Relation......Page 164
5  The Spec-Head Relation......Page 166
Notes......Page 167
References......Page 168
INDEX......Page 170