This volume consists of nine original chapters on central issues in theoretical syntax, all written by distinguished authors who have made major contributions to generative syntax, plus an introductory chapter by the editor. The collection reflects the diverse energies that have pushed the cartographic program forward over the last decade.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- Peter Svenonius
- 2. Again on Tense, Aspect, Mood Morpheme Order and the "Mirror Principle"
- Guglielmo Cinque
- 3. The Syntax of the Finnish Question Particle
- Anders Holmberg
- 4. Derivational Prefixes are Projective, not Realizational
- Edwin Williams
- 5. The Romance k- complementizers
- M. Rita Manzini
- 6. "Why Isn't This a Complementizer?"
- Richard S. Kayne
- 7. Taraldsen's Generalisation and Language Change: Two Ways to Lose Null Subjects
- Ian Roberts
- 8. Notes on Passive Object Relatives
- Adriana Belletti
- 9. Some Consequences of Criterial Freezing: Asymmetries, Anti-adjacency and Extraction from Cleft Sentences
- Luigi Rizzi
- 10. The que/qui Alternation: New Analytical Directions
- Hilda Koopman and Dominique Sportiche
