Xp-Adjunction in Universal Grammar: Scrambling and Binding in Hindi-Urdu

by Ayesha Kidwai

Overview

One of the most hotly debated phenomena in natural language is that of leftward argument scrambling. This book investigates the properties of Hindi-Urdu scrambling to show that it must be analyzed as uniformly a focality-driven XP-adjunction operation. It proposes a novel theory of binding and coreference that not only derives the coreference effects in scrambled constructions, but has important consequences for the proper formulation of binding, crossover, reconstruction, and representational economy in the minimalist program. The book will be of interest not only to specialists in Hindi-Urdu syntax and/or scrambling, but to all students of generative syntax.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195132526
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/04/2000
Series:	Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Table of Contents

Preface1. Issues in the Study of Scrambling2. Scrambling: Syntactic Properties3. The Structure of the UG Clause4. Binding and Coreference in UG5. Scrambling, Focus, and Specificity6. XP-Adjunction in UGNotesReferencesIndex