Provocative syntax [electronic resource] / Phil Branigan.

By: Branigan, PhilContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 61.Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011Description: x, 176 p. : illISBN: 9780262295673 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax | Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses | Minimalist theory (Linguistics) | English language -- SyntaxGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 415 LOC classification: P291 | .B69 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Provocation. Introduction -- The inner workings of provocation -- Virtues of provocation -- Clausal provocation -- Chain formation -- Provoking head movement -- Provocative case studies. Quotative inversion -- Negative inversion -- Germanic verb-second clauses -- Force and provocation. Evidence for fin-to-force movement -- On wh-movement -- The distribution of embedded-verb second clauses -- Appendix: selection of clausal complements -- Provoking trace deletion. Introduction -- That-trace effects -- Crosslinguistic variation -- A spooky constraint -- Short wh-movement in embedded questions.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and index.

Provocation. Introduction -- The inner workings of provocation -- Virtues of provocation -- Clausal provocation -- Chain formation -- Provoking head movement -- Provocative case studies. Quotative inversion -- Negative inversion -- Germanic verb-second clauses -- Force and provocation. Evidence for fin-to-force movement -- On wh-movement -- The distribution of embedded-verb second clauses -- Appendix: selection of clausal complements -- Provoking trace deletion. Introduction -- That-trace effects -- Crosslinguistic variation -- A spooky constraint -- Short wh-movement in embedded questions.

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