Descripciones mejoradas de Syndetics:

Ura demonstrates that his theory of multiple feature-checking, an extension of Chomsky's Agr-less checking theory, gives a natural explanation for a wide range of data drawn from a variety of languages in a very consistent way with a limited set of parameters.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Abbreviations(p. xvii)
• 1. Introduction(p. 3)
• 1.1. Grammatical Function Splitting(p. 5)
• 1.1.1. Grammatical Functions and Grammatical Relations(p. 5)
• 1.1.2. Grammatical Function Splitting Phenomena(p. 6)
• 1.2. A Minimalist Theory of Grammatical Functions(p. 11)
• 1.2.1. Grammatical Relations/Functions in the PP-approach(p. 11)
• 1.2.2. A Theory of GFs in the Minimalist Framework(p. 12)
• 1.3. Theory of Multiple Feature Checking(p. 14)
• 1.3.1. Minimalist Assumptions(p. 14)
• 1.3.2. Theory of Multiple Feature Checking(p. 20)
• 1.3.3. Multiple Feature Checking and GF-Splitting Phenomena(p. 24)
• 1.4. Preview of Major Proposals(p. 25)
• 1.4.1. Strong Features and Violability of Procrastinate(p. 25)
• 1.4.2. Syntactic Mapping of Argument Structure(p. 28)
• 1.4.3. What is SUBJ/OBJ?(p. 30)
• 1.4.4. Multiple Specs, Equidistance, and DP-Movement over DP(p. 31)
• 1.4.5. Optionality(p. 32)
• 1.4.6. Feature Checking as a Syntactic Operation(p. 35)
• 1.4.7. Some Parameters(p. 36)
• 1.4.8. Definition of [[plus or minus] Construable]-Features(p. 38)
• 1.5. Organization(p. 39)
• 2. Active/Inverse Voice Alternation(p. 40)
• 2.1. Bantu Inverse Voice(p. 41)
• 2.1.1. Basic Properties of Bantu Inverse System(p. 41)
• 2.1.2. Mechanism of the Active/Inverse Alternation in Bantu(p. 45)
• 2.1.3. Deriving the Parametric Differences(p. 53)
• 2.1.4. Summary: Bantu Inverse Voice(p. 54)
• 2.2. Apachean Inverse Voice(p. 55)
• 2.2.1. Basic Properties of Apachean Inverse System(p. 55)
• 2.2.2. Mechanism of the Active/Inverse Alternation in Apachean(p. 58)
• 2.2.3. Animacy Hierarchy and the Deletion of Infl's EPP-feature(p. 60)
• 2.2.4. Subjecthood of SUBJ in Navajo Inverse Voice(p. 62)
• 2.3. Summary(p. 63)
• Appendix A English Quotative Inversion(p. 64)
• Appendix B Inversion and Local Economy(p. 68)
• 3. Anti-Impersonal Passives(p. 70)
• 3.1. Anti-Impersonal Passive in Lango(p. 71)
• 3.1.1. Basic Properties of "Long Object Shift" in Lango(p. 71)
• 3.1.2. Wither Does OBJ Go by LOS?(p. 74)
• 3.1.3. Derivation of Anti-Impersonal Passive in Lango(p. 79)
• 3.1.4. Grammatical Function Splitting by LOS(p. 82)
• 3.1.5. Summary for Lango Anti-Impersonal Passive(p. 83)
• 3.2. Anti-Impersonal Passive in Imbabura Quechua(p. 83)
• 3.2.1. Basic Properties of Imbabura Quechua Passive(p. 83)
• 3.2.2. Grammatical Function Splitting(p. 86)
• 3.2.3. Explanation(p. 87)
• 3.2.4. Parametric Variations(p. 91)
• 3.2.5. Summary for Imbabura Quechua Anti-Impersonal Passive(p. 92)
• 3.3. Summary(p. 93)
• Appendix A Very Short Note on Impersonal Passives(p. 93)
• 4. Dative Subject Constructions(p. 95)
• 4.1. Japanese (and Korean)(p. 96)
• 4.1.1. Basic Facts(p. 96)
• 4.1.2. Proposals(p. 103)
• 4.1.3. Analysis(p. 104)
• 4.1.4. Explanation(p. 105)
• 4.1.5. Supporting Evidence(p. 112)
• 4.1.6. Summary and Problems(p. 116)
• 4.2. Tamil(p. 117)
• 4.2.1. DAT-ACC Pattern(p. 117)
• 4.2.2. DAT-NOM Pattern(p. 120)
• 4.2.3. Analysis(p. 121)
• 4.2.4. Evidence for the Difference between Dat-Acc and Dat-Nom(p. 124)
• 4.2.5. Summary and Dative Subjects in Kannada(p. 125)
• 4.3. Icelandic(p. 126)
• 4.3.1. Data(p. 126)
• 4.3.2. Analysis(p. 129)
• 4.3.3. Passive and Dative Subjects in Germanic(p. 133)
• 4.3.4. Experiencer and Inversion in Dutch(p. 139)
• 4.4. Theoretical Implications of DOC(p. 141)
• 4.4.1. Inversion in Germanic and Local Economy(p. 141)
• 4.4.2. Icelandic and Bantu Inverse(p. 142)
• 4.5. Summary(p. 145)
• Appendix A Old English and Historical Change(p. 146)
• Appendix B DSCs (QSCs) in Other Languages(p. 149)
• 1. Russian and Polish(p. 149)
• 2. Hindi (and Other Indo-Aryan)(p. 151)
• 3. Italian (and Spanish)(p. 151)
• 4. Accusative Subjects in Quechua(p. 152)
• 5. Georgian(p. 154)
• 5. Locative Inversion(p. 156)
• 5.1. Bantu Locative Inversion(p. 156)
• 5.1.1. Basic Facts(p. 156)
• 5.1.2. Explanation(p. 160)
• 5.1.3. GF-Splitting by Bantu Locative Inversion(p. 164)
• 5.1.4. Deriving the Parametric Variation(p. 165)
• 5.1.5. Lexical/Syntactic Restriction on Locative Inversion(p. 165)
• 5.1.6. Implications(p. 167)
• 5.2. Locative Inversion in Japanese(p. 171)
• 5.2.1. Basic Facts(p. 171)
• 5.2.2. Deriving Japanese Locative Inversion(p. 174)
• 5.2.3. Supporting Evidence(p. 177)
• 5.3. Summary(p. 179)
• 6. Ergativity and Its Typological Variation(p. 180)
• 6.1. Introduction: Ergativity(p. 181)
• 6.1.1. Morphological Ergativity(p. 181)
• 6.1.2. Syntactic Ergativity(p. 183)
• 6.1.3. Split-Ergativity(p. 187)
• 6.2. Problems of Ergativity(p. 191)
• 6.2.1. Problems of Morphological Ergativity(p. 192)
• 6.2.2. Problems of Syntactic/Shallow Ergativity(p. 194)
• 6.2.3. Problems of Split-Ergativity(p. 195)
• 6.2.4. Ergativity and GF-Splitting(p. 196)
• 6.2.5. Prospect under the Theory of Multiple Feature Checking(p. 197)
• 6.3. Approaches to Ergativity(p. 198)
• 6.3.1. Marantz (1981, 1984) and B. Levin (1983)(p. 198)
• 6.3.2. Other Pre-Minimalist Approaches(p. 199)
• 6.3.3. Two Minimalist Approaches(p. 200)
• 6.4. Theory of Ergativity and Multiple Feature Checking(p. 205)
• 6.4.1. Parameter for the Ergative/Accusative Distinction(p. 206)
• 6.4.2. Typological Varieties of Ergative Languages(p. 207)
• 6.4.3. Intransitives and Case-Marking of SUBJ(I)(p. 220)
• 6.4.4. Anti-Passive(p. 224)
• 6.4.5. Nonexistence of Anti-Passive in Accusative Languages(p. 228)
• 6.5. Summary(p. 228)
• 7. Double Object Constructions(p. 230)
• 7.1. Larsonian VP-Shell in Agr-Based Case Theory(p. 230)
• 7.2. Underlying Structure for DOC(p. 232)
• 7.3. Deriving Typological/Dialectal Differences in DOC(p. 234)
• 7.3.1. Norwegian/Swedish vs. Danish(p. 235)
• 7.3.2. British vs. American English(p. 244)
• 7.3.3. Explanation of the Crosslinguistic Generalization(p. 249)
• 7.4. Summary(p. 249)
• Appendix Typological Variety of DOC(p. 250)
• 8. Object Shift in Japanese(p. 255)
• 8.1. Word Order in Japanese Ditransitive Clauses(p. 256)
• 8.2. Object Shift in Ditransitive Clauses(p. 258)
• 8.2.1. Object Shift to an A-Position(p. 258)
• 8.2.2. Whither Is the Object Shifted?(p. 259)
• 8.2.3. Optionality of Object Shift and Violability of Procrastinate(p. 268)
• 8.2.4. Passivizability of DO and Violability of Procrastinate(p. 271)
• 8.3. Object Shift out of Desiderative Complements(p. 272)
• 8.3.1. Desiderative Complement in Japanese(p. 272)
• 8.3.2. Violability of Procrastinate(p. 275)
• 8.4. Object Shift in Transitive Clauses(p. 276)
• 8.4.1. Impossibility of Object Shift in Transitive Clauses(p. 276)
• 8.4.2. Lexical Difference in Violability of Procrastinate(p. 280)
• 8.5. Summary(p. 280)
• Appendix Optional vs. Obligatory Object Shift(p. 281)
• 9. Conclusion and Further Issues(p. 283)
• References(p. 287)
• Index(p. 311)