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Views on Phrase Structure

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Katherine Leffel

    1. Dept. of English, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

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  2. Denis Bouchard

    1. Dept. of Linguistics, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

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Part of the book series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory (SNLT, volume 25)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Introduction

    • Katherine Leffel, Denis Bouchard
    Pages 1-19

  3. From Conceptual Structure to Syntactic Structure

    • Denis Bouchard
    Pages 21-35

  4. Determiners in NP and DP

    • Tim Stowell
    Pages 37-56

  5. The Syntax of Possession

    • Mireille Tremblay
    Pages 57-81

  6. On Double Objects in English and Dutch

    • Eric Hoekstra
    Pages 83-95

  7. Heads, Projections, and Category Determination

    • Susan Rothstein
    Pages 97-112

  8. Free X-Bar Theory, Specificity, and Wh-Movement

    • Katherine Leffel
    Pages 113-135

  9. Phrase Structure and Passive

    • Eithne Guilfoyle
    Pages 137-156

  10. Incorporating a Clausal Head

    • Susan Rustick
    Pages 157-175

  11. Verb Second and Illocutionary Force

    • Stephen Wechsler
    Pages 177-191

  12. Nonsentential Constituents and Theories of Phrase Structure

    • Ellen Barton
    Pages 193-214

  13. Syntactic Affixation and Performance Structures

    • Steven P. Abney
    Pages 215-227

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 229-244
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O. PRELIMINARY REMARKS Initial drafts of the papers in this collection were presented in a con­ ference entitled 'Views on Phrase Structure', held at the University of Florida, Gainesville, in March, 1989. Eleven of the twenty-three partici­ pants in the conference were able to contribute to this volume. The purpose of the conference was to explore theories of phrase structure in their relation to other subsystems of grammar and/or systems of nonlinguistic knowledge. Some of the grammatical subsystems which the authors consider are theta-theory, movement, Case, and binding; a number of papers address how the conceptual system and/or aspects of language use may interact. Unifying the various approaches and perspectives is an attempt to furnish hypotheses concerning prin­ ciples of phrase structure with some sort of independent justification. 1. PHRASE STRUCTURE THEORY: A BRIEF HISTORY A basic outline for a theory of phrase structure theory is accepted by all of the authors here; it is known as 'X-bar theory'. The concepts of X-bar theory are expressed in some form by a number of pre-generative linguists. For example, Bloomfield (1933) contrasted endocentric struc­ tures such as noun phrases and verb phrases with those he considered exocentric, e. g. prepositional phrases and clauses. Jespersen (1933), while presenting a functional system of description (in terms of 'ranks', where rank one is 'nominal', for example), clarified the relations among the head of a phrase, its modifier, and a phrase which modifies the modifier.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of English, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

    Katherine Leffel

  • Dept. of Linguistics, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

    Denis Bouchard

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