Main Clause Phenomena

New Horizons

Editors

Lobke Aelbrecht | Ghent University

Liliane Haegeman | Ghent University

Rachel Nye | Ghent University

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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

https://doi.org/10.1075/la.190

Table of Contents

: INTRODUCTION

Main Clause Phenomena and the privilege of the root

Lobke Aelbrecht, Liliane Haegeman and Rachel Nye | pp. 1–20

PART I. Explaining Main Clause Phenomena: The bigger picture

Augmented structure preservation and the Tensed S Constraint

Joseph E. Emonds | pp. 21–46

Root transformations & quantificational structure

Richard K. Larson and Miyuki Sawada | pp. 47–78

Agreements that occur mainly in the main clause

Shigeru Miyagawa | pp. 79–112

The syntax of MCP: Deriving the truncation account

Liliane Haegeman | pp. 113–134

Towards an interface definition of root phenomena*

Cécile De Cat | pp. 135–158

Explaining matrix/subordinate domain discrepancies

David W. Lightfoot | pp. 159–176

Parenthetical main clauses – or not? On appositives and quasi-relatives

Mark de Vries | pp. 177–202

PART II. The Phenomena: A. PARTICLES AND AGREEMENT MARKERS

Topic particle stranding and the structure of CP

Norio Nasu | pp. 203–228

Splitting up force: Evidence from discourse particles

Marco Coniglio and Iulia Zegrean | pp. 229–256

The syntactic position of Polish by and Main Clause Phenomena

Barbara Tomaszewicz | pp. 257–278

: B. COMPLEMENTIZERS AND VERB-SECOND

A main clause complementizer

Virginia Hill | pp. 279–296

The status of complementizers in the left periphery

Maria Rita Manzini | pp. 297–318

Minimality and embedded V2 in Scandinavian

Irene Franco | pp. 319–344

Against a uniform treatment of second position effects as force markers

Krzysztof Migdalski | pp. 345–364

: C. ADVERBIAL CLAUSES

The syntax-discourse interface in adverbial clauses

Yoshio Endo | pp. 365–384

Subjunctive mood, epistemic modality and Main Clause Phenomena in the analysis of adverbial clauses

Vesselina Laskova | pp. 385–404

On two types of adverbial clauses allowing root-phenomena

Werner Frey | pp. 405–430

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

Linguistics

Generative linguistics

Syntax

Theoretical linguistics

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CFK: Grammar, syntax

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LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

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