Elements of Grammar Handbook in Generative Syntax
The aim of this Handbook is to provide a forum in which some of the generative syntacticians whose work has had an impact on theoretical syntax over the past 20 years are invited to present their views on one or more aspects of current syntactic theory. T
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Kluwer International Handbooks of Linguistics VOLUME 1
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Elements of Grammar Handbook in Generative Syntax Edited by
LILIANE HAEGEMAN
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Elements of grammar : handbook in generative syntax / edited by Liliane Haegeman. p. cm. Inc 1udes index. lSBN 978-0-7923-4298-4 ISBN 978-94-011-5420-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-5420-8
1. Grammar. Comparative and general--Syntax. grammar. I. Haegeman. Liliane.M. V. P291.E45 1997 415--dc20
2. Generative 96-43878
ISBN 978-0-7923-4298-4
02-0799-150 ts
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
Elements of Grammar Liliane Haegeman Thematic Roles and Syntactic Structure Mark Baker
73
Perfect Chains Michael Brody
139
The Best Clitic: Constraint Conflict in Morphosyntax Jane Grimshaw
169
Subjecthood and Subject Positions Jim McCloskey
197
Notes on Clause Structure Jean-Yves Pollock
237
The Fine Structure of the Left Periphery Luigi Rizzi
281
Index
339
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LILIANE HAEGEMAN
ELEMENTS OF GRAMMAR *
I.
INTRODUCTION
The aim of this handbook is to provide a forum in which some of the generative syntacticians whose work has had an impact on theoretical syntax over the past 20 years are invited to present their views on one or more aspects of current syntactic theory. The handbook is destined for an audience of linguists working in the generative framework. A general background knowledge of generative syntax is essential for the understanding of this book, but I hope that the introduction below will make the book accessible not only to a specialized audience but also to advanced students who are relatively new to the field. During the last five years, the views on theoretical syntax have undergone a number of changes which have a direct bearing on the analyses proposed for empirical data. This situation is mainly due to the developments in the theory referred to as the Minimalist Program (Chomsky 1991, 1993, 1995). While the Minimalist Program adopts, reinterprets and elaborates some of the principles and formalisms of the classical "Government and Binding" ("GB") framework (see Chomsky 1995: 1-11 for discussion), it also departs significantly from many of the standard assumptions of the classical GB approach. To mention but one telling example: the structural configuration "government", which had become central in many respects (Case assignment, ECP, definition of domain for binding etc.) in the traditional GB framework, does not play
