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1 The phenomenon of `Left Edge Fronting' |
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1.1.1 Some first examples |
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1.1.2 The notion of `left periphery' |
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1.2 Earlier accounts of Latin LEF |
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1.2.1 Conjunctions as second position clitics |
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1.2.2 LEF as emphatic fronting |
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1.4 LEF in Latin adverbial clauses: A corpus survey |
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1.4.1 Step 1: Corpus research |
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1.4.1.2 Description of the corpus |
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1.4.1.4 Why adverbial clauses? |
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1.4.2 Step 2: Syntactic analysis |
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10 | (1) |
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2.1 `Free but not arbitrary': On the flexibility of Latin word order |
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2.2 Restrictions on word order permutations |
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2.2.1 The position of sentential negation |
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3 Linear order vs. hierarchical structure |
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3.1 A case study: Object positions in Latin |
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3.2 Linear order in syntax as a derived notion |
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4 Latin as a discourse-configurational language |
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4.1 Word order and information structure |
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4.1.1 Discourse neutral word order |
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4.1.2 The free word order phenomenon |
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4.1.2.1 Non-configurationality |
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4.1.2.2 Discourse configurationality |
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4.2 Latin as a discourse configurational language |
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4.2.1 Discourse neutral word order |
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4.2.2 Some `marked' word order patterns |
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4.2.2.1 Left peripheral constituents |
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23 | (4) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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5 Addendum: Studying word order variation: A crash course in generative syntax |
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28 | (25) |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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5.1.2 Deriving linear order from hierarchical structure |
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5.1.2.2 The LCA and some of its consequences |
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31 | (1) |
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5.1.3 The architecture of the grammar |
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32 | (1) |
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5.2 Structure of the clause |
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33 | (1) |
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5.2.1 The Universal Base and the cartographic project |
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5.2.2 Tripartition vs. bipartition |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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5.2.5 The Complementizer Phrase |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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5.3.1 The nature of syntactic derivations |
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40 | (4) |
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44 | (1) |
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5.3.3 Relativized Minimality |
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45 | (1) |
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5.3.3.2 Head movement, A-movement and A'-movement and RM |
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46 | (1) |
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5.3.3.3 Splitting the A'-paradigm |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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5.3.4.1 A small inventory of syntactic islands |
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5.3.4.2 Island effects as a diagnostic for movement |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (2) |
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Chapter 2 The internal syntax of Adverbial Clauses (ACs) |
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53 | (42) |
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1 Adverbial clauses: The landscape |
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53 | (11) |
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1.2 External syntax of ACs |
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1.2.1 Functional projections |
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1.2.2 Clause-initial and clause-final position |
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55 | (1) |
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1.3 Latin ACs: Some key properties |
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56 | (1) |
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1.3.1 Latin ACs: Finite adverbials |
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56 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Monosemous vs. polysemous conjunctions |
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57 | (1) |
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1.3.3 Distinguishing different types of ACs introduced by ut |
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58 | (2) |
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1.3.4 More on verbal mood in embedded clauses |
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60 | (4) |
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2 The operator derivation of ACs |
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64 | (9) |
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2.1 Temporal ACs as free relatives |
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64 | (1) |
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2.1.1 Adverbial subordinators with wh-morphology |
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64 | (1) |
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2.1.1.1 when as a wh-item |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (2) |
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2.1.2 Long distance readings |
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68 | (1) |
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70 | (3) |
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73 | (6) |
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3.1 What are Main Clause Phenomena? |
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73 | (2) |
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3.2 Explaining the ban on embedded MCP |
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75 | (1) |
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3.2.1 The role of `assertion' |
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3.2.2 `Truncation' account (Haegeman 2003a, b; 2006) |
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76 | (1) |
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3.2.3 Intervention account (Haegeman 2009, 2010a, b) |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (4) |
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4.1 Central vs. peripheral ACs |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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4.3 MCP in peripheral ACs |
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81 | (1) |
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4.4 Peripheral ACs in Latin |
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81 | (2) |
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5 The distribution of the particle quidem in ACs |
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83 | (10) |
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5.1 Syntactic distribution of quidem |
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83 | (1) |
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5.1.1 ACs introduced by monosemous conjunctions |
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83 | (1) |
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5.1.2 ACs introduced by polysemous conjunctions |
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5.2 On the interpretation of quidem |
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85 | (2) |
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5.3 quidem as a polarity marker |
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5.3.1 `Stripping' or Bare Argument Ellipsis |
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88 | (1) |
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5.3.2 quidem in stripping contexts |
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88 | (2) |
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5.3.3 The syntax of polarity focus |
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90 | (1) |
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5.3.4 Stripping as TP-ellipsis |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (1) |
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5.4 Accounting for the MCP-like distribution of quidem |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 The left periphery of embedded clauses |
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1 The position of subordinating conjunctions with respect to topics and foci |
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95 | (9) |
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1.1 Subordinators in ForceP |
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95 | (2) |
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1.2 Subordinators lower than ForceP |
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97 | (1) |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (3) |
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1.2.3 Some additional cross-linguistic data |
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102 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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1.2.4 Intermediate conclusion |
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104 | (1) |
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2 Clause typing and the role of ForceP |
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104 | (7) |
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2.1 On the position of subordinating conjunctions in the C-system |
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104 | (1) |
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2.1.1 Clause type and illocutionary force |
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104 | (1) |
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2.1.2 Disjoining subordinators from clause-typers |
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105 | (2) |
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2.2 The left periphery of Latin ACs |
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107 | (1) |
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2.3 LEF in Latin: A closer look at the data |
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108 | (3) |
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3 Corpus study of LEF in Latin ACs |
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111 | (11) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (2) |
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3.1.2 Position of the AC in the superordinate clause |
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114 | (4) |
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3.2 A first discussion of the figures |
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118 | (1) |
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3.2.1 A quantitative left-right assymmetry |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (2) |
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4 A preview of the upcoming analyses |
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122 | (1) |
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Chapter 4 The syntax of island pied-piping: Evidence from Latin relative clauses |
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123 | (84) |
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123 | (49) |
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1.1 Presentation of the data |
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124 | (1) |
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1.1.1 Relative Verschrankung |
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124 | (2) |
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1.1.2 Clausal pied-piping |
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126 | (1) |
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1.1.3 Four important features of relative Verschrankung |
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127 | (1) |
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1.1.3.1 A left-right asymmetry |
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127 | (1) |
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127 | (1) |
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1.1.3.3 No parasitic gaps |
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128 | (1) |
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1.1.3.4 Linear position of the relative pronoun |
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128 | (1) |
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1.1.4 Nature of the relative clause CP2 |
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129 | (2) |
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1.2 Cross-linguistic parallels |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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1.2.2 Early Modern English |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (1) |
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1.3 Islands vs. non-islands |
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136 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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1.3.1.1 Long extraction out of complement clauses |
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136 | (2) |
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1.3.1.2 Pied-piped complement clauses |
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138 | (2) |
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1.3.2 Strong islands in Latin, and some `exotic' extractions |
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140 | (1) |
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1.3.2.1 Adverbial clauses |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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2.1 Introduction: On the phenomenon of pied-piping |
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143 | (1) |
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2.1.1 Pied-piping of a DP |
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144 | (1) |
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2.1.2 (Left Branch) Extraction |
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145 | (1) |
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2.1.3 Frequency of pied-piping |
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146 | (1) |
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2.2 Clausal/island pied-piping cross-linguistically |
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147 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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2.3 The syntax of clausal pied-piping |
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150 | (1) |
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2.3.1 Step 1: Internal wh-movement |
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151 | (1) |
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2.3.1.1 Tzotzil genitive possessors |
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151 | (1) |
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2.3.1.2 Latin genitival wh-modifiers |
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152 | (2) |
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2.3.1.3 German pied-piped infinitives |
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154 | (2) |
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2.3.1.4 The `Edge Generalization' |
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156 | (1) |
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156 | (2) |
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2.3.2 Step 2: Feature percolation |
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158 | (1) |
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2.3.2.1 Feature movement via left branches |
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158 | (2) |
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2.3.2.2 Eliminating feature percolation? |
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160 | (1) |
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2.3.3 Step 3: Movement of the derived operator |
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161 | (1) |
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2.4 Island pied-piping in a wh-in-situ language |
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162 | (4) |
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2.5 Two alternative analyses and their problems |
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166 | (1) |
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2.5.1 Alternative I: CP-scrambling followed by subextraction |
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166 | (1) |
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2.5.2 Alternative II: CP3 base generated in a leftward position |
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167 | (1) |
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2.6 Discussion: Internal wh-movement and successive cyclicity |
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168 | (1) |
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2.6.1 Recursive internal wh-movement |
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168 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (1) |
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3 A relative/interrogative asymmetry |
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172 | (9) |
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3.1 The behaviour of Latin interrogative wh- |
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172 | (1) |
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3.1.1 Recap: Pied-piping by relative wh- |
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172 | (1) |
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3.1.2 Pied-piping by interrogative wh- |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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3.2 Asymmetries between relative and interrogative wh- |
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174 | (1) |
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3.2.1 Extraction asymmetries |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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3.2.3 Crossover asymmetries |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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3.3 The feature make-up of wh-phrases |
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179 | (1) |
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3.4 The derivation of Latin relative Verschrankung |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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4 Extending the pied-piping analysis to cases with 2 CPs |
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181 | (24) |
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4.1 More on the nature of the relative clause in LEF1 |
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181 | (1) |
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4.1.1 Introducing the relatif de liaison |
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181 | (2) |
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4.1.2 Relatif de liaison and LEF |
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183 | (1) |
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4.1.3 Bare vs. attributive wh-pronouns |
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184 | (1) |
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4.2 Two types of non-restrictive relative clauses |
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185 | (1) |
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4.2.1 Independent illocutionary force |
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186 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Category of the antecedent |
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188 | (1) |
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4.2.3 `Preposability': wh-words in parentheticals |
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188 | (1) |
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4.2.4 Non-identity of external and internal head |
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189 | (2) |
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4.2.5 Binding into relative clauses |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (2) |
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4.3 Two patterns in clausal pied-piping |
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194 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (2) |
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4.3.3 Structure and derivation |
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197 | (2) |
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4.4 On the pronoun introducing non-restrictive RCs |
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199 | (1) |
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4.4.1 Referential dependency and E-type pronouns |
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200 | (4) |
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4.4.2 Interpretive similarity with coordinating conjunction + pronoun |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Clausal pied-piping by topics |
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207 | (52) |
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1 Non wh-words undergoing LEF: The data |
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207 | (7) |
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209 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (2) |
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2 Excursus: Latin pronouns |
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214 | (10) |
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2.1 The system of Latin personal pronouns |
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214 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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2.1.2 Overt pronouns: Paradigms |
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215 | (1) |
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2.1.3 Third person pronouns |
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215 | (2) |
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2.2 On the nature and usage of third person pronouns |
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217 | (1) |
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2.2.1 Demonstratives, or personal pronouns after all? |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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2.2.1.2 Principle B or principle C? |
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218 | (1) |
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2.2.1.3 Reference to non-humans |
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219 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Deixis vs. anaphora |
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220 | (1) |
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2.2.2.1 Deictic and other non-anaphoric uses |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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2.2.3 Pragmatic differences between third person pronouns |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (1) |
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3 Type A: LEF1 with 1 pronoun |
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224 | (10) |
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3.1 Clause-internal occurrences of IS |
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224 | (4) |
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228 | (3) |
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3.3 Topicalization asymmetries in modern languages |
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231 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Bavarian `Emphatic Topicalization' |
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232 | (1) |
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232 | (2) |
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3.3.2.2 Pragmatic value of ET |
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234 | (1) |
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4 Accounting for the left-right asymmetry |
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234 | (7) |
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4.1 Clausal pied-piping by topics: Bayer 2001 |
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235 | (3) |
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238 | (1) |
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4.2.1 No topics inside (central) ACs |
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238 | (2) |
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4.2.2 AC-external Topic probe |
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240 | (1) |
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5 Type B: Multiple LEF, and what it can teach us |
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241 | (14) |
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5.1 Multiple LEF: The data |
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241 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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5.1.2 Unattested patterns |
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242 | (1) |
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5.1.3 Question: Multiple fronting or two different phenomena? |
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243 | (1) |
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5.2 Sources of multiple A'-movement |
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243 | (1) |
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5.2.1 Recursion: Multiple topics |
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243 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Multiple wh-movement and clustering |
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244 | (1) |
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244 | (2) |
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5.2.2.2 Two types of multiple wh-languages |
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246 | (3) |
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5.2.2.3 Multiple wh- in Latin |
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249 | (1) |
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5.2.2.4 A note on phrasal clusters |
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250 | (1) |
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5.3 Latin: Only one pied-piper |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (1) |
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5.3.2 Multiple A'-movement |
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252 | (1) |
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5.3.2.1 Superiority effects in multiple wh |
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252 | (1) |
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5.3.2.2 No superiority effects in multiple LEF |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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5.4 Non-pronominal DP pied-pipers revisited |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (2) |
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6.1 Romance (esp. Italian) Clitic Left Dislocation |
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255 | (1) |
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6.1.1 The left-right asymmetry |
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255 | (1) |
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6.1.2 Position of CILD-constituents |
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256 | (1) |
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6.2 No pied-piping, is and hic in TopP |
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257 | (1) |
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257 | (2) |
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Chapter 6 LEF2: Presentational foci in CP |
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259 | (32) |
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1 A third kind of fronting in embedded clauses |
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260 | (15) |
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1.1 Fronting in rightward clauses |
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260 | (1) |
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1.1.1 Some quantitative data |
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260 | (2) |
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1.1.2 LEF2 in initial clauses |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (2) |
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1.2 Some interpretive characteristics of LEF2 |
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265 | (1) |
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1.2.1 Discourse status of the fronted phrase |
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266 | (1) |
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1.2.2 Fronting of non-referential elements |
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267 | (3) |
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1.2.3 Fronting of non-specific elements: Indefinites and bare quantifiers |
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270 | (2) |
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1.3 What LEF2 is not, and why |
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272 | (1) |
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1.3.1 Against a scrambling analysis of LEF2 |
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273 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Against a CILD analysis |
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273 | (2) |
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1.4 A note on word order in poetry |
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275 | (1) |
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2 Presentational foci in CP |
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275 | (11) |
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2.1 Different types of constituent focus: The classical picture |
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276 | (1) |
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2.1.1 Two types of constituent focus |
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276 | (1) |
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2.1.1.1 Identincational foci |
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276 | (1) |
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2.1.1.2 Presentational foci |
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277 | (1) |
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2.1.2 Presentational foci in FocvP |
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278 | (2) |
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2.1.3 The locus of focus: Focus projections in the clausal spine |
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280 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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2.2.3 `Subpart of Focus Fronting' |
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283 | (1) |
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2.3 Characterization of Latin LEF2 |
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284 | (2) |
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286 | (1) |
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4 Interlude: The special behaviour of LEF under coordination |
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287 | (4) |
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4.1 The data that initially made me think that LEF is postsyntactic PF-movement... |
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287 | (2) |
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4.2 ...and the ones that subsequently made me abandon this idea |
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289 | (2) |
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Chapter 7 The syntax of LEF2: A synchronic and diachronic perspective |
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291 | (46) |
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1 Diachronic evolution: Decline of LEF2 |
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291 | (9) |
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1.1 Results of the corpus study |
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292 | (1) |
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292 | (2) |
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294 | (2) |
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296 | (1) |
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1.2.1 How LEF2-constituents end up in CP |
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296 | (1) |
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1.2.2 Syntactic change in Latin: The loss of LEF2 and the shift from OV to VO |
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297 | (3) |
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2 The derivation of Latin SOV |
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300 | (19) |
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300 | (1) |
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2.1.1 Universal base and language specific neutral word orders |
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300 | (1) |
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2.1.2 `Mixed' word order languages |
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301 | (1) |
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2.1.3 Verbal inflection and head movement |
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301 | (1) |
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2.1.4 The EPP-requirement |
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302 | (2) |
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2.2 Deriving the order `verb-inflection' through vP movement: Some case studies |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (2) |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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2.3.1 OV word order in Latin: The basic idea |
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311 | (1) |
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2.3.1.1 Synthetic vs. analytic verbs |
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311 | (1) |
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2.3.1.2 Deriving the order OV: Short object movement |
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312 | (1) |
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2.3.1.3 Deriving the order V-INFL: (remnant) vP movement |
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312 | (2) |
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314 | (1) |
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2.3.2.1 `Analytic' transitive verbs |
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314 | (3) |
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2.3.2.2 Auxiliaries and transitive infinitives |
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317 | (2) |
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319 | (1) |
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3 A `smuggling' derivation |
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319 | (5) |
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3.1 Smuggling and locality |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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3.1.3 Clause-final functional adverbs |
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321 | (2) |
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3.2 Details of the Latin derivation |
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323 | (1) |
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3.2.1 Some notes on locality |
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323 | (1) |
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3.2.2 An example: LEF2 of a direct object |
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323 | (1) |
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4 Decline and loss of LEF2 |
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324 | (11) |
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4.1 Not so strictly INFL-final: V-XP order in Latin |
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325 | (1) |
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325 | (2) |
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4.1.2 VO-syntax: Not a unitary phenomenon |
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327 | (1) |
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4.1.2.1 Postverbal I: Destressed `tails' |
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328 | (2) |
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4.1.2.2 Postverbal II: Presentational foci |
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330 | (3) |
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4.2 Loss of vP movement and its consequences |
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333 | (2) |
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335 | (2) |
References |
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337 | (24) |
Language index |
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361 | (2) |
Person index |
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363 | (4) |
Subject index |
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