Syntactic Islands Paperback (Key Topics in Syntax) - Softcover

Boeckx, Cedric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521138787 ISBN 13: 9780521138789

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

The phenomenon of the syntactic 'island' - a clause or structure from which a word cannot be moved - is central to research and study in syntactic theory. This book provides a comprehensive overview of syntactic islands, discussing the pros and cons of all the major generative accounts of island effects.

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Críticas:

'Cedric Boeckx synthesizes five decades of research with Haj Ross and Noam Chomsky at the helm and recasts it in a manner only a select few scholars are capable of.' Kleanthes K. Grohmann, University of Cyprus

'Islands are a hot topic and Cedric Boeckx's wonderful book is the perfect guide through the current debates.' Norbert Hornstein, University of Maryland

Biografía del autor:

Cedric Boeckx is Research Professor at ICREA (The Catalan Institute for Advanced Studies) and is also based at the Center for Theoretical Linguistics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0521138787
• ISBN 13: 9780521138789
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 190