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Case, Scope, and Binding

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  • © 1994

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Authors:
  1. Maria Bittner

    1. Department of Linguistics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (SNLT, volume 30)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Case, Scope, and Binding

    • Maria Bittner
    Pages 1-48

  3. Case-Motivated Movement in Inuit

    • Maria Bittner
    Pages 49-92

  4. Semantic Interpretation of Inuit Structures

    • Maria Bittner
    Pages 93-144

  5. Syntactic Binding Relations in Inuit

    • Maria Bittner
    Pages 145-187

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 188-205
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Case, Scope, and Binding investigates the relation between syntax and semantics within a framework which combines the syntactic Government-Binding theory with a novel cross-linguistic theory of case and semantics. It is argued that case assignment, agreement, syntactic binding relations, as well as the minimum scopes of operators, are all determined by the relations which hold at the level of s-structure. Cross-linguistic variation with respect to these phenomena is due to corresponding variations at the s-structure level. The minimum scope of an operator cannot exceed its c-command domain at s-structure, but may be reduced by certain semantic mechanisms. The availability of any wider scope option depends on the possibility of movement at LF. The proposed theory is tested in detail against the facts of Inuit (Eskimo-Aleut family), an ergative language with typologically unusual scope and binding relations.
For linguists and philosophers interested in syntax, semantics, or the syntax-semantics interface.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Linguistics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

    Maria Bittner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Case, Scope, and Binding

  • Authors: Maria Bittner

  • Series Title: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1412-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2649-6Published: 31 December 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0295-3Published: 30 November 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1412-7Published: 01 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4670

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0358

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 205

  • Topics: Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax, Semantics, Philosophy of Language

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