| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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2. Phrase Structures and the X' Theory |
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15 | (1) |
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2.1. Basic Structural Patterns |
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16 | (4) |
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2.2. Autonomous Typology and X' Typology |
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20 | (6) |
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2.3. Head-Initial Constructions |
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26 | (16) |
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2.4. Head-Final Constructions |
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42 | (13) |
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42 | (8) |
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50 | (5) |
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2.5. Quantifier Phrases and Supersentences |
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55 | (8) |
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2.5.1. Quantifier Phrases |
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55 | (2) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (2) |
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2.5.2.2. Topic-Comment and Topicalized Sentences |
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60 | (3) |
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63 | (12) |
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3. Phrase Structures and Scope Relations |
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75 | (54) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (10) |
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3.2. Characterizing Scope Relations |
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86 | (19) |
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3.2.1. Linear Representations |
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86 | (2) |
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3.2.2. Hierarchical Representations |
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88 | (4) |
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3.2.3. Comparing the Two Approaches |
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92 | (13) |
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3.3. On the Notion of Configurationality |
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105 | (15) |
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3.3.1. Scrambling and Its Correlates |
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105 | (3) |
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3.3.2. "Flat" vs. Configurational Structures |
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108 | (2) |
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3.3.3. A Government Theory of Configurationality |
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110 | (4) |
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3.3.4. The Sentential Structure of Chinese |
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114 | (6) |
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120 | (9) |
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129 | (94) |
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129 | (1) |
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4.1. Quantificational Sentences |
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130 | (45) |
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4.1.1. Sentences with Q-NPs Contained in Other Q-NPs |
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130 | (1) |
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4.1.1.1. Sentential Scope and NP-Internal Scope |
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130 | (4) |
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4.1.1.2. Two Theories of NP-internal Quantification |
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134 | (2) |
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4.1.1.3. NP-internal Scope and the Syntactic Nature of LF |
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136 | (5) |
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4.1.1.4. An Account of the Chinese/English Contrasts |
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141 | (22) |
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4.1.2. Other Quantificational Sentences |
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163 | (12) |
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175 | (14) |
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175 | (2) |
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4.2.2. Move Wh in Chinese |
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177 | (8) |
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4.2.3. The Wide Scope Property of Wh Words |
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185 | (4) |
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4.3. Conjunction, Disjunction, and A-Not-A Questions |
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189 | (15) |
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189 | (5) |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (7) |
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4.3.4. A Note on Non-Objectual Quantification |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (14) |
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204 | (3) |
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4.4.2. An LF Account of Clefts |
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207 | (6) |
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4.4.3. On the Analysis of SHI |
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213 | (5) |
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218 | (5) |
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223 | (96) |
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223 | (1) |
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5.1. How the Binding Theory Works |
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224 | (5) |
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5.2. Some Problems with the Binding Theory |
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229 | (9) |
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238 | (8) |
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5.4. On PRO in Chinese and the Pro-Drop Parameter |
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246 | (20) |
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5.4.1. The Distribution of PRO---Some Problems |
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246 | (12) |
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5.4.2. The Pro-Drop Principle |
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258 | (8) |
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5.5. On the Non-Coreference Rule |
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266 | (17) |
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5.5.1. Coreference and Referential Dependency |
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266 | (8) |
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5.5.2. Pronoun Anaphora in Chinese |
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274 | (9) |
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5.6. Definite Pronoun Anaphora, and Pronominal Binding |
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283 | (28) |
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283 | (5) |
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5.6.2. Some Properties of Pronominal Binding |
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288 | (14) |
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5.6.3. Why the Properties of Pronominal Binding |
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302 | (9) |
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311 | (8) |
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6. Move a, Subjacency, and the ECP |
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319 | (52) |
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319 | (4) |
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323 | (10) |
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6.2. The Empty Category Principle |
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333 | (9) |
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6.3. On Kayne's ECP Extensions |
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342 | (15) |
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6.3.1. Kayne's Reformulation |
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342 | (5) |
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6.3.2. Some Problems with Kayne's ECP |
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347 | (10) |
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6.4. The Condition on Extraction Domain |
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357 | (8) |
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365 | (6) |
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7. Further Extensions of the ECP |
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371 | (46) |
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371 | (1) |
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7.1. Some Islands Effects in LF |
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372 | (7) |
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7.2. A Subjacency Account |
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379 | (6) |
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7.3. Inadequacies of the Subjacency Account |
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385 | (5) |
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390 | (11) |
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401 | (3) |
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404 | (3) |
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7.7. Some Problems Raised |
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407 | (4) |
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411 | (6) |
| References |
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417 | (10) |
| Index |
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