Adverbial clauses, main clause phenomena, and the composition of the left periphery

Adverbial Clauses, Main Clause Phenomena, and Composition of the Left Periphery uses the cartographic theory to examine the left periphery of the English clause and compare it to the left-peripheral structures of other languages. Liliane Haegeman argues that the dissimilar surface characteristics of...

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Main Author Haegeman, Liliane M. V.
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford ; New York Oxford University Press 2012
SeriesOxford studies in comparative syntax
Subjects
Causative (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general
Grammar, Comparative and general > Adverbials
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Grammar, Comparative and general > Transitivity
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ISBN0199858772
0199858764
9780199858774
9780199858767

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Summary:Adverbial Clauses, Main Clause Phenomena, and Composition of the Left Periphery uses the cartographic theory to examine the left periphery of the English clause and compare it to the left-peripheral structures of other languages. Liliane Haegeman argues that the dissimilar surface characteristics of these languages (primarily English and Romance, but also Gungbe, Hungarian, Hebrew, Dutch, and others) can be explained by universal constraints, and that the same structures apply across the languages. Haegeman focuses on main clause transformations-movement operations that can only take place in main clauses.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-308) and index
ISBN:0199858772
0199858764
9780199858774
9780199858767