Dynamic Antisymmetry and the Syntax of Noun Incorporation

2011. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-94-007-1569-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 459 g

Reihe: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

This innovative analysis of noun incorporation and related linguistic phenomena does more than just give readers an insightful exploration of its subject. The author re-evaluates—and forges links between—two influential theories of phrase structure: Chomsky’s Bare Phrase Structure and Richard Kayne’s Antisymmetry. The text details how the two linguistic paradigms interact to cause differing patterns of noun incorporation across world languages. With a solid empirical foundation in its close reading of Northern Iroquoian languages especially, Barrie argues that noun incorporation needs no special mechanism, but results from a symmetry-breaking operation.

Drawing additional data from English, German, Persian, Tamil and the Polynesian language Niuean, this synthesis has major implications for our understanding of the formation of the verbal complex and the intra-position (roll-up) movement. It will be priority reading for students of phrase structure, as well as Iroquoian language scholars.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barrie, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Theoretische Linguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dynamic Antisymmetry and the Syntax of Noun Incorporation.- Theoretical Background.- Unifying Antisymmetry and Bare Phrase Structure.- Noun Incorporation in Northern Iroquoian.- Noun Incorporation and its Kind in Other Languages.- V+N Order.- Conclusion.- Subject Index.