Theoretical comparative syntax : studies in macroparameters /

Fukui, Naoki.,

Theoretical comparative syntax : studies in macroparameters / Naoki Fukui. - 1 online resource (ix, 422 pages) - Routledge leading linguists ; 13 . - Routledge leading linguists ; 13. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages [392]-414) and index.

1. Specifiers and projection -- 2. LF extraction of naze : some theoretical implications -- 3. Strong and weak barriers : remarks on the proper characterization of barriers -- 4. Parameters and optionality -- 5. A note on improper movement -- 6. The principles-and-parameters approach : a comparative syntax of English and Japanese -- 7. Symmetry in syntax : merge and demerge -- 8. Order in phrase structure and movement -- 9. An A-over-A perspective on locality -- 10. The uniqueness parameter -- 11. Nominal structure : an extension of the Symmetry Principle -- 12. Phrase structure -- 13. The Visibility Guideline for functional categories : verb-raising in Japanese and related issues.

9780203479179 9781134326617 9781134326655 9781134326662

10.4324/9780203479179 doi


Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
English language--Grammar, Comparative--Japanese.
Japanese language--Grammar, Comparative--English.
Principles and parameters (Linguistics)

P291 / .F77 2006

415 / F961