Main Clause Phenomena
New Horizons
Editors
Main Clause Phenomena: New Horizons takes the study of Main Clause Phenomena (MCP) into the 21st century, without neglecting the origins of the topic. It brings together work by both established and up-and-coming scholars, who present analyses for a wide range of MCP, from a variety of languages, with a particular focus on particles and agreement markers, complementizers and verb second, and the licensing of MCP in different types of clauses. Besides enriching the empirical domain, this volume also engages with the theoretical question of how best to capture the distribution of MCP and, in particular, to what extent they are embeddable and why. The diverse patterns and analyses presented challenge the idea that MCP constitute a homogeneous class. Main Clause Phenomena: New Horizons is of interest not just to scholars specializing in the study of MCP, but to all linguists interested in the syntax and/or semantics of the clause.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 190] 2012. vi, 433 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 8 June 2012
Published online on 8 June 2012
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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: INTRODUCTION
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Main Clause Phenomena and the privilege of the rootLobke Aelbrecht, Liliane Haegeman and Rachel Nye | pp. 1–20
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PART I. Explaining Main Clause Phenomena: The bigger picture
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Augmented structure preservation and the Tensed S ConstraintJoseph E. Emonds | pp. 21–46
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Root transformations & quantificational structureRichard K. Larson and Miyuki Sawada | pp. 47–78
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Agreements that occur mainly in the main clauseShigeru Miyagawa | pp. 79–112
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The syntax of MCP: Deriving the truncation accountLiliane Haegeman | pp. 113–134
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Towards an interface definition of root phenomena*Cécile De Cat | pp. 135–158
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Explaining matrix/subordinate domain discrepanciesDavid W. Lightfoot | pp. 159–176
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Parenthetical main clauses – or not? On appositives and quasi-relativesMark de Vries | pp. 177–202
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PART II. The Phenomena: A. PARTICLES AND AGREEMENT MARKERS
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Topic particle stranding and the structure of CPNorio Nasu | pp. 203–228
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Splitting up force: Evidence from discourse particlesMarco Coniglio and Iulia Zegrean | pp. 229–256
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The syntactic position of Polish by and Main Clause PhenomenaBarbara Tomaszewicz | pp. 257–278
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: B. COMPLEMENTIZERS AND VERB-SECOND
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A main clause complementizerVirginia Hill | pp. 279–296
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The status of complementizers in the left peripheryMaria Rita Manzini | pp. 297–318
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Minimality and embedded V2 in ScandinavianIrene Franco | pp. 319–344
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Against a uniform treatment of second position effects as force markersKrzysztof Migdalski | pp. 345–364
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: C. ADVERBIAL CLAUSES
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The syntax-discourse interface in adverbial clausesYoshio Endo | pp. 365–384
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Subjunctive mood, epistemic modality and Main Clause Phenomena in the analysis of adverbial clausesVesselina Laskova | pp. 385–404
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On two types of adverbial clauses allowing root-phenomenaWerner Frey | pp. 405–430
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Index | pp. 431–434
“The papers collected in “Main clause phenomena: New horizons” map out new ways in the research on Main Clause Phenomena. I believe that this volume will become an important reference on the matter.”
Francesc González i Planas, Universitat de Girona, on Linguist List 24.1030 (2013)
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General