Syntax and Semantics. Volume 2

SYNTAX and SEMANTICS VOLUME 2 CONTENTS List of Contributors Preface Contents of Volume 1 Explanation in Syntax The Semantics and Syntax of Number and Numbers The Semantics and Syntax of Numbers and Number in Natural Generative Grammar The Syntax and Semantics of Numbers and Number in a Montague Grammar Summary and Conclusion References Opacity and Reference in Language: An Inquiry into the Role of Modalities Introduction Opaque Environments References Focus and Relativization: The Case of Kihung' an Introduction Tone-Focus in Kihung'an Cleft and Pseudo-Cleft in Kihung'an The Derivation of Focusing Constructions The Complex-Sentence and Neg-Raising Argument The Anaphoric Deletion Argument Wh-Questions Discussion Appendix 1: Object Pronoun Infixation in Kihung'an Appendix 2: Is Igbo an Exception to the "Relative Clause and Predicate" Analysis? References On J. Emonds's Analysis of Extraposition Introduction Subject Replacement as a Root Transformation That-Clauses and Infinitive Phrases as Noun Phrases A Rule of Extraposition The Status of the Rule of Extraposition Summary Appendix References Language Lateralization and Grammars Get The Problem Get 's Got Synonymy and Compositional Theories of Meaning References Sentence and Predicate Modifiers in English The Thomason-Stalnaker Analysis Lakoff' s Explanations Problems in Lakoff's Explanation Explaining Semantic Facts References Deriving S from S + Is Be To Not That Clauses Pseudo-Cleft Sentences Presuppositions and Negation Interrogatives Factive Complements Sentences with Modals That Is for You to Say Is Deletion Where Else to Look References Nonsources of Unpassives Index