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001 2012000481
003 DLC
005 20120119122532.0
008 120109s2012 enk 000 0 eng
010 $a 2012000481
020 $a9780521191463 (hardback)
020 $a9780521138789 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aP291$b.B647 2012
082 00 $a415$223
084 $aLAN000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBoeckx, Cedric.
245 10 $aSyntactic islands /$cCedric Boeckx.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2012.
263 $a1206
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aKey topics in syntax
520 $a"The phenomenon of the syntactic 'island' - a clause or structure from which a word cannot be moved - is central to research and study in syntactic theory. This book provides a comprehensive overview of syntactic islands. What are they? How do they arise? Why do they exist? Cedric Boeckx discusses the pros and cons of all the major generative accounts of island effects, and focuses the discussion on whether islands are narrowly syntactic effects, are due to interface factors or are 'merely' performance effects. Thanks to the diversity of island effects, readers are given a unique opportunity to familiarize themselves with all the major research styles and types of analysis in theoretical linguistics and have the chance to reflect on the theoretical implications of concrete natural language examples, allowing them to develop their own synthesis"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Never such innocence again; 2. What is really all just a mirage?; 3. Why the ultimate solution is unlikely to be purely syntactic; 4. Priority to the interfaces; 5. A tribute to Ross.
650 0 $aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSyntax.
650 0 $aMinimalist theory (Linguistics)
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General.$2bisacsh