nam a22 c 4500 lfab.7/745009319 nljbp 250625055601.8 cr ||||||||||| 241222s2011 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2011033760 9789027284082 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp P291 415 23 CFK bicssc LAN009000 bisacsh Muller, Gereon author Constraints on Displacement A phase-based approach Gereon Müller Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011 ©2011 1 online resource (x, 339 pp.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Language Faculty and Beyond 1877-6531 7 Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- 1. Locality constraints -- 2. (G)MLC and CED in minimalist syntax -- 3. On deriving (G)MLC effects from the PIC -- 4. On deriving CED effects from the PIC -- 5. Operator island effects -- 6. Movement from verb-second clauses -- 7. Island repair by ellipsis This monograph sets out to derive the effects of standard constraints on displacement like the Minimal Link Condition (MLC) and the Condition on Extraction Domain (CED) from more basic principles in a minimalist approach. Assuming that movement via phase edges is possible only in the presence of edge features on phase heads, simple restrictions can be introduced on when such edge features can be inserted derivationally. The resulting system is shown to correctly predict MLC/CED effects (including certain exceptions, like intervention without c-command and melting). In addition, it derives operator-island effects, a restriction on extraction from verb-second clauses, and island repair by ellipsis. The approach presupposes that syntactic operations apply in a fixed order: Timing emerges as crucial. Thus, the book provides new arguments for a strictly derivational organization of syntax. Accordingly, it should be of interest not only to all syntacticians working on islands, but more generally to all scholars interested in the overall organization of grammar. Provided by publisher. Generative linguistics Syntax Theoretical linguistics Müller, Gereon author Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2011 9789027208248 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.7 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027284082