The Syntax and Semantics of the Left Periphery / Edition 1

by Horst Lohnstein, Susanne Trissler

Overview

The left periphery of clausal structures has been a prominent topic of research in generative linguistics during the last decades. Closer examination of its properties unfolds a rich array of perspectives like the status of barriers for extraction and government, the articulation of the topic focus structure, the fixation of wh-scope, the marking of clausal types, the interaction of syntactic structure with inflectional morphology as well as the determination of sentence mood and illocutionary force to mention just a few. The purpose of this book is to collect different and relevant studies in this field and to give a general overview of the various theoretical approaches concerned with morphological, syntactic and semantic properties together with the diachronic development of the left periphery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110181210
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	03/25/2004
Series:	Interface Explorations [IE] , #9
Pages:	529
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Horst Lohnstein is researcher and Privatdozent at the University of Cologne, Germany.

Susanne Trissler is researcher at the University of Konstanz, Germany.