This book examines how word order variations in language can be regulated by various factors in cyclic syntax. In particular, it offers a valuable contribution to the current debate concerning the effect of cyclic Spell-out on the (re-)ordering of elements in scrambling. Heejeong Ko provides in-depth discussion of the interaction of the syntax-phonology interface with operations at the syntax proper, as well as examining how the semantic meaning of a structure can be correlated with certain types of orderings in cyclic edges of the syntax. The author's proposal accounts for a wide range of scrambling data in East Asian languages such as Korean and Japanese, with particular focus on the consequences of cyclic linearization for (sub-)scrambling, types of quantifier floating, variations in predicate fronting, and types of argument structure and secondary predicates. The book will be of interest to syntacticians from graduate level upwards, particularly those interested in the syntax-phonology and syntax-semantics interfaces. The range of novel data presented will make it a valuable resource for linguists studying Korean, Japanese, and scrambling languages in general.
| ISBN: | 9780199660278 |
| Publication date: | 25th September 2014 |
| Author: | Heejeong Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Linguistics Dept, Seoul National University Ko |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 280 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics |
| Genres: |
Grammar, syntax and morphology Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics |
This book examines how word order variations in language can be regulated by various factors in cyclic syntax. In particular, it offers a valuable contribution to the current debate concerning the effect of cyclic Spell-out on the (re-)ordering of elements in scrambling. Heejeong Ko provides in-depth discussion of the interaction of the syntax-phonology interface with operations at the syntax proper, as well as examining how the semantic meaning of a structure can be correlated with certain types of orderings in cyclic edges of the syntax. The author's proposal accounts for a wide range of scrambling data in East Asian languages such as Korean and Japanese, with particular focus on the consequences of cyclic linearization for (sub-)scrambling, types of quantifier floating, variations in predicate fronting, and types of argument structure and secondary predicates. The book will be of interest to syntacticians from graduate level upwards, particularly those interested in the syntax-phonology and syntax-semantics interfaces. The range of novel data presented will make it a valuable resource for linguists studying Korean, Japanese, and scrambling languages in general.
Edges in Syntax features in the following genres: Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
Edges in Syntax is available in Hardback, Paperback
Edges in Syntax was written by Heejeong Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Linguistics Dept, Seoul National University Ko and published by Oxford University Press
Edges in Syntax has 280 pages
Yes it is part of Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics series
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