On linearization : toward a restrictive theory / Guglielmo Cinque.
By: Cinque, Guglielmo [author.]
Language: English Series: Linguistic inquiry monographs: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2023Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262372862; 026237286X; 9780262372879; 0262372878Subject(s): Grammar, Comparative and general -- Word orderGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 415 LOC classification: P295 | .C55 2023ebOnline resources: Full text is available at the Directory of Open Access Books. Click here to view. Summary: "An original, theoretical work on cross-linguistic word order from a leading syntactician"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: The first attempt at a restrictive theory of the linear order of sentences and phrases of the world's languages, by one of the founders of cartographic syntax. Linearization, or the typical sequence of words in a sentence, varies tremendously from language to language. Why, for example, does the English phrase "a white table" need a different word order from the French phrase "une table blanche," even though both refer to the same object? Guglielmo Cinque challenges the current understanding of word order variation, which assumes that word order can be dealt with simply by putting a head either before or after its complements and modifiers. The subtle variations in word order, he says, can provide a window into understanding the deeper structure of language and are in need of a sophisticated explanation. The bewildering variation in word order among the languages of the world, says Cinque, should not dissuade us from researching what, if anything, determines which orders are possible (and attested/attestable) and which orders are impossible (and not attested/nonattestable), both when they maximally conform to the "head-final" or "head-initial" types and when they depart from them to varying degrees. His aim is to develop a restrictive theory of word order variation--not just a way to derive the ideal head-initial and head-final word orders but also the mixed cases. In the absence of an explicit theory of linearization, Cinque provides a general approach to derive linear order from a hierarchical arrangement of constituents, specifically, by assuming a restrictive movement analysis that creates structures that can then be linearized by Richard S. Kayne's Linear Correspondence Axiom. -- Publisher| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 415 B175 1996 The polysynthesis parameter / | 415 B325 2003 Introducing linguistic morphology / | 415 C144 2013 The Cambridge handbook of generative syntax / | 415 C492 2023 On linearization : toward a restrictive theory / | 415 Ev16 2006 Cognitive linguistics: an introduction / | 415 Ex715 2013 Experimental syntax and island effects / | 415 G2853 2015 Gender across languages. the linguistic representation of women and men / |
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"An original, theoretical work on cross-linguistic word order from a leading syntactician"-- Provided by publisher.
The first attempt at a restrictive theory of the linear order of sentences and phrases of the world's languages, by one of the founders of cartographic syntax. Linearization, or the typical sequence of words in a sentence, varies tremendously from language to language. Why, for example, does the English phrase "a white table" need a different word order from the French phrase "une table blanche," even though both refer to the same object? Guglielmo Cinque challenges the current understanding of word order variation, which assumes that word order can be dealt with simply by putting a head either before or after its complements and modifiers. The subtle variations in word order, he says, can provide a window into understanding the deeper structure of language and are in need of a sophisticated explanation. The bewildering variation in word order among the languages of the world, says Cinque, should not dissuade us from researching what, if anything, determines which orders are possible (and attested/attestable) and which orders are impossible (and not attested/nonattestable), both when they maximally conform to the "head-final" or "head-initial" types and when they depart from them to varying degrees. His aim is to develop a restrictive theory of word order variation--not just a way to derive the ideal head-initial and head-final word orders but also the mixed cases. In the absence of an explicit theory of linearization, Cinque provides a general approach to derive linear order from a hierarchical arrangement of constituents, specifically, by assuming a restrictive movement analysis that creates structures that can then be linearized by Richard S. Kayne's Linear Correspondence Axiom. -- Publisher
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