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Infinitives: Restructuring and Clause Structure offers a detailed study of the clausal architecture of infinitival constructions providing a unified analysis of
Islands and Chains
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The present work provides a detailed analysis of chain formation and locality conditions imposed on it within the Minimalist Program. It does so by analyzing re
Interfaces + Recursion = Language?
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Human language is a phenomenon of immense richness: It provides finely nuanced means of expression that underlie the formation of culture and society; it is sub
Scandinavian Object Shift and Optimality Theory
Language: en
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This book presents an account of object shift, a word order phenomenon found in most of the Scandinavian languages where an object occurs unexpectedly to the le
Micro-change and Macro-change in Diachronic Syntax
Language: en
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The chapters in this volume address the process of syntactic change at different granularities. The language-particular component of a grammar is now usually as