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Syntactic Islands
Cedric Boeckx
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Description for Syntactic Islands
paperback. A comprehensive overview of syntactic islands. What are they? How do they arise? Why do they exist? Series: Key Topics in Syntax. Num Pages: 190 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270. Series: Key Topics in Syntax. 190 pages, 7 b/w illus. A comprehensive overview of syntactic islands. What are they? How do they arise? Why do they exist?. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. Weight: 282.
The phenomenon of the syntactic 'island' - a clause or structure from which a word cannot be moved - is central to research and study in syntactic theory. This book provides a comprehensive overview of syntactic islands. What are they? How do they arise? Why do they exist? Cedric Boeckx discusses the pros and cons of all the major generative accounts of island effects, and focuses the discussion on whether islands are narrowly syntactic effects, are due to interface factors or are 'merely' performance effects. Thanks to the diversity of island effects, readers are given a unique opportunity to familiarize ... Read more
The phenomenon of the syntactic 'island' - a clause or structure from which a word cannot be moved - is central to research and study in syntactic theory. This book provides a comprehensive overview of syntactic islands. What are they? How do they arise? Why do they exist? Cedric Boeckx discusses the pros and cons of all the major generative accounts of island effects, and focuses the discussion on whether islands are narrowly syntactic effects, are due to interface factors or are 'merely' performance effects. Thanks to the diversity of island effects, readers are given a unique opportunity to familiarize ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Series
Key Topics in Syntax
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521138789
SKU
V9780521138789
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About Cedric Boeckx
Cedric Boeckx is Research Professor at ICREA (The Catalan Institute for Advanced Studies) and is also based at the Center for Theoretical Linguistics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Reviews for Syntactic Islands
'Cedric Boeckx synthesizes five decades of research with Haj Ross and Noam Chomsky at the helm and recasts it in a manner only a select few scholars are capable of.' Kleanthes K. Grohmann, University of Cyprus 'Islands are a hot topic and Cedric Boeckx's wonderful book is the perfect guide through the current debates.' Norbert Hornstein, University of Maryland