Topics in South Slavic Syntax and Semantics
Editors
| Norwegian University of Science and Technology
| Norwegian University of Science and Technology
This collection of articles presents a variety of approaches to central phenomena in South Slavic syntax and semantics, with an informal introduction by the editors on South Slavic clause structure. Phenomena addressed (treated partly on a language specific basis, partly comparative) include: the structure of the functional field, verb fronting, clitic placement, conjunctions, noun phrase structure, possessives, agreement, and aspectual phenomena.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 172] 1999. xxviii, 263 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Introduction: The Clausal Structure of South SlavicMila Dimitrova-Vulchanova and Lars Hellan | p. ix
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Verb Movement and Economy: Last ResortMaría Luisa Rivero | p. 1
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Conjunction Doubling and ‘Avoid Conjunction Principle’Ljiljana Progovac | p. 25
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On the Contrast Relation in the Balkan Languages in Comparison to Russian and GermanIvanka Petkova Schick | p. 41
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The System of Auxiliaries in BulgarianIliyana Krapova | p. 59
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Against ‘Long Head Movement’: Lexical Insertion and the Bulgarian Auxiliary ‘BE’Andrew Caink | p. 91
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Tense, Aspect, and Aspectual CompositionHenk J. Verkuyl | p. 125
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Possessors in the Bulgarian DPMila Dimitrova-Vulchanova and Giuliana Giusti | p. 163
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Vsjako Načalo e Trudno: Traps in Lesson I in the South Slavic LanguagesWayles Browne | p. 193
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On Clitic DisplacementJindřich Toman | p. 205
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Functional Categories and the Structure of the DP in BosnianNedzad Leko | p. 229
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Index of Subjects | p. 253
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Index of Names | p. 258
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Index of Languages | p. 262
“While these articles are written in an earlier framework (cf. Chomsky 1995), they are relevant to the central issues in which generative theory is engaged today [...]. As the generative theory continues to develop, the research represented in this volume will continue to be salient.”
Abigail W. Konopasky, University of New Orleans in Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 20 (2002)
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BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General