PARAMETERS AND FUNCTIONAL HEADS by Adriana Belletti (Editor) ( 9780195087949 )

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PARAMETERS AND FUNCTIONAL HEADS
ESSAYS IN COMPARATIVE SYNTAX

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC

Pub. date:

25 April, 1996

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Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

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308

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This is a collection of (mostly) previously unpublished papers that examine function heads using the Principles and Parameters approach. The main theoretical focus is on the general theory of head movement, the properties of derived structures and their parametrization.

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The essays collected in this volume, most previously unpublished, address a number of closely interconnected issues raised by the comparative syntax of functional heads within the Principles and Parameters approach. The general theory of head movement, the properties of derived structures created by incorporation, and the parameterization involved are the main theoretical foci. One major empirical area which is addressed concerns head movement in configurations involving certain kinds of operator-like elements, for example, the different manifestations of Verb Second phenomena in Wh and other constructions and the syntax of negative heads and specifiers. In addition, properties of functional heads and head movement in nominal and clausal structures and the causative construction are investigated.

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