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The syntax of adjuncts

Summary: "This book proposes a theory of the distribution of adverbial adjuncts in a Principles and Parameters framework, claiming that there are a few syntactic principles specific to adverbials; rather, for the most part, adverbials adjoin freely to any projection. Adjuncts' possible hierarchical positions are determined by whether they can receive a proper interpretation, according to their selectional (including scope) requirements and general compositional rules, while linear order is determined by hierarchical position along with a system of directionality principles and morphological weight, both of which apply generally to adjuncts and all other syntactic elements. A wide range of adverbial types is analyzed; predicational adverbs (such as manner, and modal adverbs), domain expressions like financially, temporal, frequency, duration, and focusing adverbials; participant PP's (e.g. locatives and benefactives); resultative and conditional clauses, and others, taken primarily from English, Chinese, French, and Italian, with occasional reference to others (such as German and Japanese)."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780521028189
ISBN: 0521028183
ISBN: 9780521028189
ISBN: 661042943X
ISBN: 9786610429431
ISBN: 0511049501
ISBN: 9780511049507
ISBN: 0511486251
ISBN: 9780511486258
ISBN: 052177134X
ISBN: 9780521771344
ISBN: 0511156618
ISBN: 9780511156618
ISBN: 9780511019296
ISBN: 0511019297
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 555 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-531) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Semantics of Predicational Adverbs; 3 The Scopal Basis of Adverb Licensing; 4 Arguments for Right-Adjunction; 5 Noncanonical Orders and the Structure of VP; 6 Event-Internal Adjuncts; 7 Adjunct Licensing in the AuxRange; 8 Adjuncts in Clause-Initial Projections; 9 Conclusions and Prospects; Notes; References; Name Index; Languages Index; Subject Index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.