Structure Preserved
Studies in syntax for Jan Koster
Editors
"Structure is at the rock-bottom of all explanatory sciences" (Jan Koster). Forty years ago, the hypothesis that underlying the bewildering variety of syntactic phenomena are general and unified structural patterns of unexpected beauty and simplicity gave rise to major advancements in the study of Dutch and Germanic syntax, with important implications for the theory of grammar as a whole. Jan Koster was one of the central figures in this development, and he has continued to explore the structure preserving hypothesis throughout his illustrious career. This collection of articles by over forty syntacticians celebrates the advancements made in the study of syntax over the past forty years, reflecting on the structural principles underlying syntactic phenomena and emulating the approach to syntactic analysis embodied in Jan Koster's teaching and research.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 164] 2010. xxiii, 395 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 2 August 2010
Published online on 2 August 2010
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | pp. ix–x
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List of works (1971–2010) by Jan Koster | pp. xi–xxiv
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Unaccusative verbs in Chinese: Derivation in the lexicon or in syntax?Werner Abraham | pp. 1–12
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Gapping is always forwardPeter Ackema | pp. 13–20
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Focus particle doublingSjef Barbiers | pp. 21–30
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Wh-drop and recoverabilityJosef Bayer | pp. 31–40
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Two futures in infinitivesJanneke ter Beek | pp. 41–48
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A dynamic perspective on inflectionHans Bennis | pp. 49–56
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Is there “preposition stranding in COMP” in Afrikaans? No way!Hans den Besten | pp. 57–64
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Restructuring verbs and the structure of Spanish clausesReineke Bok-Bennema | pp. 65–72
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Cantonese as a tense second languageLisa Lai-Shen Cheng | pp. 73–80
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On a selective “violation” of the Complex NP ConstraintGuglielmo Cinque | pp. 81–90
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Dressed numerals and the structure of Universal Numeric QuantifiersNorbert Corver | pp. 91–100
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Embedded inversion and successive cyclicityMarcel den Dikken | pp. 101–108
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Little words don’t lie: X' have initial X0Joseph E. Emonds | pp. 109–124
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Repairing head-to-head movementArnold Ernest Evers | pp. 125–130
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On the duality of patterningJordi Fortuny | pp. 131–140
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Reflexive cartographyElly van Gelderen | pp. 141–148
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What does eye-tracking reveal about children’s knowledge of linguistic structure?Petra Hendriks | pp. 149–156
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Depictives and the word orders of English and DutchHerman Heringa | pp. 157–166
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Feature percolation in the Dutch possessiveJack Hoeksema | pp. 167–174
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On the interruption of Verb-Raising clusters by nonverbal materialEric Hoekstra | pp. 175–184
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Referring to yourself in self-talkAnders Holmberg | pp. 185–192
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Case-Agreement: Diptotic evidence in construct state noun phrasesRiny Huybregts | pp. 193–206
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Syntactic predictions in second-language sentence processingEdith Kaan, Andrea Dallas and Frank Wijnen | pp. 207–214
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Notes on French and English demonstrativesRichard S. Kayne and Jean-Yves Pollock | pp. 215–228
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The accusative infinitive in Latin, English and DutchMaarten Klein | pp. 229–238
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Identifying in DutchWim Klooster | pp. 239–248
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What you (and God) only knowMarlies Kluck | pp. 249–256
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Is agreement resolution part of core grammar?Olaf Koeneman | pp. 257–266
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On Dutch allemaal and West Ulster English allHilda Koopman | pp. 267–276
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The universality of binding principles: How appearances are deceptiveEric J. Reuland | pp. 277–288
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Grappling with graftHenk van Riemsdijk | pp. 289–298
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Game Theory and the control of empty categories in grammarThomas Roeper and Timothy Roeper | pp. 299–312
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Copy what?Ankelien Schippers | pp. 313–320
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Free relatives at the interfaceRadek Simík | pp. 321–328
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Menace under the microscope: The two verbs menacer and the theory of controlDominique Sportiche | pp. 329–340
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Case-alignment and verb placementKnut Tarald Taraldsen | pp. 341–346
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Diminutive Ks?: A discussion of some Russian dataJindřich Toman | pp. 347–352
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Don’t forget the determiners, JanHenk J. Verkuyl | pp. 353–358
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Empty subjects and empty objectsMark de Vries | pp. 359–366
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Island FeverEdwin Williams | pp. 367–374
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Something else on variables in syntaxC. Jan-Wouter Zwart | pp. 375–384
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Language index | pp. 385–386
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Name index | pp. 387–390
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Subject index | pp. 391–395
“This is a very good collection of squibs, most of which are on state-of-the-art issues in generative syntax. They are written in a clear and easy-to-follow way, which is a great achievement by the individual authors as well as the editors. The diversity of the topics in the squibs which take Koster’s work as a basis clearly shows how effective Koster has been in the generative grammar.”
Atakan İnce, MLS, MD, USA, on Linguist List 2011
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General