E-Book, Englisch, Band 66, 274 Seiten
Lee Remnant Raising and VSO Clausal Architecture
2006
ISBN: 978-1-4020-4308-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
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A Case Study of San Lucas Quiavini Zapotec
E-Book, Englisch, Band 66, 274 Seiten
Reihe: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
ISBN: 978-1-4020-4308-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec, an endangered and little-examined indigenous language of Mexico, shows a range of syntactic and morphological phenomena incompatible with standard Minimalist accounts of verb movement. This work proposes a VP-remnant raising account for these phenomena, motivated by Kayne's (1992) antisymmetry program. The book also examines the consequences of phrasal remnant movement for negation constructions, and the interpretation of tense, aspect, and mood.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1;Contents;6
2;Preface;7
3;Foreword;8
4;1 An Introduction to San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec;11
4.1;1.1 Overview;11
4.2;1.2 SLQZ: The Language and Its Speakers;11
4.3;1.3 A Brief Overview of SLQZ Phonology;13
4.4;1.4 A Brief Summary of SLQZ Word Order and Grammar;16
5;2 Background and Theoretical Assumptions;38
5.1;2.1 Overview;38
5.2;2.2 How Is VSO Word Order Derived? Some Previous Accounts ;38
6;3 The Syntax of Verb Raising in SLQZ: Arguments for VP Raising;57
6.1;3.1 Overview;57
6.2;3.2 SLQZ Verbal Morphology Revisited: Problems for Verbal Head Movement;58
6.3;3.3 VP-Raising and Constituent Structure in SLQZ;69
6.4;3.4 Crosslinguistic Correlations;97
6.5;3.5 Conclusion;107
6.6;3.6 Appendix to Chapter 3: Considering Head Movement of XPs;108
7;4 Further Consequences of VP-Remnant Movement: Some Common Negation Structures in SLQZ;115
7.1;4.1 Overview of Three Basic SLQZ Negation Constructions;115
7.2;4.2 What Does -dya’ Do?;116
7.3;4.3 Clausal Negation;119
7.4;4.4 Constituent Negation;128
7.5;4.5 Existential Negation: the Tèe’bag Construction;148
7.6;4.6 Summary;170
8;5 More on the Structure of the Left Periphery: The Syntax of Questions;172
8.1;5.1 Overview;172
8.2;5.2 Wh- and Focus Are Not the Same Projection;172
8.3;5.3 The Syntax of Yes/No Questions;188
8.4;5.4 Conclusion;204
9;6 The Interaction of Tense and Aspect in San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec;205
9.1;6.1 Overview;205
9.2;6.2 “Aspect” Marking in SLQZ;206
9.3;6.3 Theoretical Assumptions;208
9.4;6.4 Perfective “Aspect” in SLQZ;211
9.5;6.5 The Syntax of TP: Reconciling Predicate TENSE with VP-Raising;226
9.6;6.6 Habitual “Aspect” in SLQZ: Evidence for PRESENT Tense;231
9.7;6.7 “Pure” Aspect Markers in SLQZ;239
9.8;6.8 The Temporal Interpretation of the Modal Aspects;246
9.9;6.9 Summary;272
10;References;274
