The Interfaces
Deriving and interpreting omitted structures
Editors
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ISBN 9780585467511
The Interfaces: Deriving and Interpreting Omitted Structures is a collection of never-before-published papers that explore the nature of the interfaces of syntax with semantics, phonology, and discourse. The papers investigate the various ways in which elliptical structures are related to these interfaces. As such, they not only make a valuable contribution to generative linguistic research but, more generally, help to deepen our understanding of the relation between form and meaning in natural language.
In the book’s introductory chapter, the editors address general issues related to current work on ellipsis and the syntax/semantics, syntax/phonology and syntax/discourse interfaces. The rest of the book is organized into three parts. The first examines PF-deletion accounts of elliptical structures; the second investigates these structures from the perspective of the syntax/semantic interface; and the third explores these from a perspective that concentrates on the relation between semantics and focus and discourse structure. Together the papers collected in this volume offer a convincing demonstration of the value of collaborative research on the ‘interfaces’.
In the book’s introductory chapter, the editors address general issues related to current work on ellipsis and the syntax/semantics, syntax/phonology and syntax/discourse interfaces. The rest of the book is organized into three parts. The first examines PF-deletion accounts of elliptical structures; the second investigates these structures from the perspective of the syntax/semantic interface; and the third explores these from a perspective that concentrates on the relation between semantics and focus and discourse structure. Together the papers collected in this volume offer a convincing demonstration of the value of collaborative research on the ‘interfaces’.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 61] 2003. vi, 403 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Exploring the interfaces from the perspective of omitted structuresKerstin Schwabe and Susanne Winkler | pp. 1–26
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I. Towards the exploration of PF-deletion accounts
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Ellipsis and syntactic representationChristopher Kennedy | pp. 29–53
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Subject-auxiliary inversion in comparatives and PF output constraintsJason Merchant | pp. 55–77
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Antecedent-containment and ellipsisChris Wilder | pp. 79–119
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Background matching in right node raising constructionsKatharina Hartmann | pp. 121–151
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II. From the computational system to the syntax-semantics interface
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Merge copyCaterina Donati | pp. 155–175
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Phrase structure paradoxes, movement and ellipsisWinfried Lechner | pp. 177–203
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Unpronounced heads in relative clausesUli Sauerland | pp. 205–226
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Variation at the syntax-semantics interface: Evidence from gappingLuis López and Susanne Winkler | pp. 227–248
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III. The semantic component and its connection to focus and discourse structure
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Ellipsis and the structure of discourseDaniel Hardt | pp. 251–262
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Correlate restriction and definiteness effect in ellipsisMaribel Romero | pp. 263–300
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F-marking and specificity in sluicing constructionsKerstin Schwabe | pp. 301–319
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The semantics of Japanese null pronouns and its cross-linguistic implicationsSatoshi Tomioka | pp. 321–339
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Omission impossible? Topic and focus in Focal EllipsisPetra Gretsch | pp. 341–365
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Name index | pp. 389–393
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Subject index | pp. 395–399
“This volume is a valuable contribution to the study of ellipsis and in particular the role that the interaction of different grammatical components play in the licensing of elliptical structures.”
Dimitrios Ntelitheos, University of California on Linguist List 14-1213, 2003
“Very nicely edited, this book is a must for anyone interested in or working on ellipsis. The volume introduces a wide range of approaches to the topic and should be useful to both the researcher and the advanced student of elided structures.”
Eric Mathieu, University of Toronto, in Journal of Linguistics 41, 2005
“The quality of the contributions is high, the data subtle, the references abundant and up-to-date, and all the obvious research alternatives in the current scene represented, so on the whole, the volume is informative and offers a representative sample of recent ellipsis-related work within generative theory.”
José Luis González Escribano, University of Oviedo, in Language 82(1), 2006
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General