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The Syntax of Relative Clauses Guglielmo Cinque (Universita degli Studi di Venezia)

The Syntax of Relative Clauses By Guglielmo Cinque (Universita degli Studi di Venezia)

The Syntax of Relative Clauses by Guglielmo Cinque (Universita degli Studi di Venezia)


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This book provides evidence that a unified analysis of the different types of relative clauses is possible. Addressing key issues of importance in the field today, it will be welcomed by a wide variety of linguists, ranging from formal theoretical linguists, to typologists, to semanticists.

The Syntax of Relative Clauses Summary

The Syntax of Relative Clauses: A Unified Analysis by Guglielmo Cinque (Universita degli Studi di Venezia)

Relative clauses play a hugely important role in analysing the structure of sentences. This book provides the first evidence that a unified analysis of the different types of relative clauses is possible - a step forward in our understanding. Using careful analyses of a wide range of languages, Cinque argues that the relative clause types can all be derived from a single, double-headed, structure. He also presents evidence that restrictive, maximalizing, ('integrated') non-restrictive, kind-defining, infinitival and participial RCs merge at different heights of the nominal extended projection. This book provides an elegant generalization about the structure of all relatives. Theoretically profound and empirically rich, it promises to radically alter the way we think about this subject for years to come.

About Guglielmo Cinque (Universita degli Studi di Venezia)

Guglielmo Cinque is Professor of Linguistics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Preliminaries; 2. Deriving the cross-linguistically attested types of restrictive/maximalizing relative clauses from a double-headed structure; 3. Deriving the other types of relative clauses from a double-headed structure; 4. 'Strategies' for the realization of the internal head; 5. Some residual questions; Conclusion; Appendix. Possible evidence for the existence of non-'raising' derivations.

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NLS9781108790581
9781108790581
1108790585
The Syntax of Relative Clauses: A Unified Analysis by Guglielmo Cinque (Universita degli Studi di Venezia)
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Cambridge University Press
2020-09-24
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