Minimalism, Scope, and VP Structure / Edition 1

by Thomas Stroik

Overview

Thomas Stroik advances recent work in generative grammars in this book. Bringing together Chomsky's minimalist assumptions of syntactic representation with Aoun and Li's scope theory of logical form, the author investigates what the logical form of a sentence can tell us about the base structure of verb phrases.

In considering how it is possible to determine base argument structure from logical representation, he argues that scopal relations provide the clearest view into base argument structure. Individual chapters are devoted to data from the following constructions: double-object, multiple-wh, bare-NP adverbial and psych-verb.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803959606
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/18/1996
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction to Syntactic Representation
Scope and the VP Shell Hypothesis
Superiority Effects and VP Structure
Bare NP Adverbials and VP Structure
Psych-Verbs in a VP Shell
Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

The author investigates what the logical representation of a sentence can tell us about the structure of verb phrases, bringing together Chomsky's minimalist assumptions of syntactic representation and Aoun and Li's theory of scope. He argues that scopal relations provide the clearest view of the structural relationship between noun phrase arguments, and discusses subjects including multiple interrogatives and psych-verb constructions. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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