The Handbook of Contemporary Syntactic Theory (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics)

This volume provides a comprehensive view of the current issues in contemporary syntactic theory. Written by an international assembly of leading specialists in the field, these 2 original articles serve as a useful reference for various areas of grammar. Contains 23 articles written by an international assembly of specialists in the field. The lucidly written articles grant accessibility to crucial areas of syntactic theory. Contrasting theories are represented. Contains an informative introduction and extensive bibliography which serves as a reference tool for both students and professional linguists. The Handbook of Contemporary Syntactic Theory......Page 5 Contents......Page 9 Contributors......Page 11 Introduction......Page 15 I Derivation versus Representation......Page 23 1. Explaining Morphosyntactic Competition......Page 25 2. Economy Conditions in Syntax......Page 59 3. Derivation and Representation in Modern Transformational Syntax......Page 76 4. Relativized Minimality Effects......Page 103 II Movement......Page 125 5. Head Movement......Page 127 6. Object Shift and Scrambling......Page 162 7. Wh-in-situ Languages......Page 217 8. A-Movements......Page 240 III Argument Structure and Phrase Structure......Page 269 9. Thematic Relations in Syntax......Page 271 10. Predication......Page 313 11. Case......Page 348 12. Phrase Structure......Page 388 13. The Natures of Nonconfigurationality......Page 421 14. What VP Ellipsis Can Do, and What it Can’t, but not Why......Page 453 IV Functional Projections......Page 495 15. Agreement Projections......Page 497 16. Sentential Negation......Page 525 17. The DP Hypothesis: Identifying Clausal Properties in the Nominal Domain......Page 550 18. The Structure of DPs: Some Principles, Parameters, and Problems......Page 576 V Interface with Interpretation......Page 619 19. The Syntax of Scope......Page 621 20. Deconstructing Binding......Page 648 21. Syntactic Reconstruction Effects......Page 684 VI External Evaluation of Syntax......Page 711 22. Syntactic Change......Page 713 23. Setting Syntactic Parameters......Page 744 Bibliography......Page 782 Index......Page 839 Provides a comprehensive view of the issues in contemporary syntactic theory. This title includes analyses of non-configurational languages, a crosslinguistic comparison of important grammatical features that interface with semantics, and comparisons of derivational and representational approaches to grammar. Morphosyntactic markedness theory classically assumes dynamic competition among the members of a paradigm.