Incomplete Category Fronting

A Derivational Approach to Remnant Movement in German
1998
ISBN: 978-0-7923-4837-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1520 g

Reihe: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Incomplete Category Fronting is a detailed investigation of the syntax of incomplete category fronting in German, carried out from a cross-linguistic perspective. The study presents a wealth of empirical evidence involving unbound traces created by remnant topicalization, wh-movement, scrambling, left dislocation, and extraposition. Four characteristic properties of remnant movement are identified that pose severe problems for a representational movement theory. It is argued that these properties can be fruitfully addressed on the basis of Chomsky's minimalist program, and that they follow from a derivational movement theory that incorporates the Barriers Condition, the Strict Cycle Condition, Fewest Steps, Last Resort, and the Minimal Link Condition but completely dispenses with surface filters. Incomplete Category Fronting provides an empirical underpinning for the minimalist program and presents a powerful argument for a derivational theory of grammar.
Audience: Incomplete Category Fronting will interest all linguists working on theoretical syntax, Germanic syntax or the syntax-semantics interface.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Müller, Gereon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Incomplete Category Fronting.- 2 Movement Theory.- 3 Proper Binding.- 4 Anti-Freezing.- 5 Remnant Movement Asymmetries.- 6 Intermediate Traces and Extraposition.- 7 Concluding Remarks.- References.