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A Syntax of Substance (Volume 64) (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs (64)) by Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary David Adger is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Syntax of Substance (Volume 64) (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs (64)) about?

The author proposes a new approach to phrase structure that eschews functional heads and labels structures exocentrically. The proposal simultaneously simplifies the syntactic system and restricts the range of possible structures, ruling out the ubiquitous (remnant) roll-up derivations and forcing a separation of arguments from their apparent heads. This new system has a number of empirical consequences, which the book explores in the domain of relational nominals across different language families, including Germanic, Romance, Celtic, Polynesian, and Semitic

Who reads A Syntax of Substance (Volume 64) (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs (64))?

Author

Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary David Adger

Publisher

The MIT Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262312233

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Linguistics, Language Learning, Literary Fiction