Alternatives to Cartography

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2009

Alternatives to Cartography

Edited by: Jeroen van Craenenbroeck

Volume 100 in the series Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110217124

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About this book

In the 1980s generative grammar recognized that functional material is able to project syntactic structure in conformity with the X-bar-format. This insight soon led to a considerable increase in the inventory of functional projections. The basic idea behind this line of theorizing, which goes by the name of cartography, is that sentence structure can be represented as a template of linearly ordered positions, each with their own syntactic and semantic import.

In recent years, however, a number of problems have been raised for this approach. For example, certain combinations of syntactic elements cannot be linearly ordered. In light of such problems a number of alternative accounts have been explored. Some of them propose a new (often interface-related) trigger for movement, while others seek alternative means of accounting for various word order patterns.

These alternatives to cartography do not form a homogeneous group, nor has there thus far been a forum where these ideas could be compared and confronted with one another. This volume fills that gap. It offers a varied and in-depth view on the position taken by a substantial number of researchers in the field today on what is presumably one of the most hotly debated and controversial issues in present-day generative grammar.

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Jeroen van Craenenbroeck, University College Brussels, Belgium.

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Alternatives to cartography: an introduction Jeroen van Craenenbroeck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
A syntactic typology of topic, focus and contrast Ad Neeleman, Elena Titov, Hans van de Koot and Reiko Vermeulen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Focus, topic, and word order: A compositional view Michael Wagner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
A focus-binding conspiracy. Left-to-right merge, scrambling and binary structure in European Portuguese João Costa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Phases and variation: Exploring the second factor of the faculty of language Ángel J. Gallego Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Varieties of INFL: TENSE, LOCATION, and PERSON Elizabeth Ritter and Martina Wiltschko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
CAT meets GO: Auxiliary inversion in German verb clusters Markus Bader and Tanja Schmid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
A solution to the conceptual problem of cartography Denis Bouchard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Adjective placement and linearization Ion Giurgea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Some implications of improper movement for cartography Klaus Abels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
There is no alternative to cartography Edwin Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Research Libraries, Researchers and Advanced Students with an Interest in the Field of Generative Linguistics Cartography).
Pages
- Main content: 376
Keywords: Syntax; cartography

eBook

Published: December 15, 2009
ISBN: 9783110217124

Hardcover

Published: December 10, 2009
ISBN: 9783110206036