The Syntax of Specifiers and Heads
| Author | : Hilda J Koopman |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 2003-09-02 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781134718238 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1134718233 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (233 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Syntax of Specifiers and Heads by : Hilda J Koopman
Download or read book The Syntax of Specifiers and Heads written by Hilda J Koopman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specifiers and Heads covers such topics as: * interpretation and distribution of pronouns * ECP effects * specifiers and phrase structure * the role and functioning of head movement * the architecture of grammar Each chapter draws syntactic arguments from phenomena in a broad range of languages and brings these to bear on the structure of syntactic theory and the understanding of crosslinguistic variation. Among the languages studied are the African languages, Welsh and Irish, Norwegian, French, English and Dutch.