The Final-Over-Final Condition by Michelle Sheehan
An examination of the evidence for and the theoretical implications of a universal word order constraint, with data from a wide range of languages.This book presents evidence for a universal word order constraint, the Final-over-Final Condition (FOFC), and discusses the theoretical implications of this phenomenon. FOFC is a syntactic condition that disallows structures where a head-initial phrase is contained in a head-final phrase in the same extended projection/domain. The authors argue that FOFC is a linguistic universal, not just a strong tendency, and not a constraint on processing. They discuss the effects of the universal in various domains, including the noun phrase, the adjective phrase, the verb phrase, and the clause. The book draws on data from a wide range of languages, including Hindi, Turkish, Basque, Finnish, Afrikaans, German, Hungarian, French, English, Italian, Romanian, Arabic, Hebrew, Mandarin, Pontic Greek, Bagirmi, Dholuo, and Thai.
FOFC, the authors argue, is important because it is the only known example of a word order asymmetry pertaining to the order of heads. As such, it has significant repercussions for theories connecting the narrow syntax to linear order.
- Anaphora and Language Design
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When Arguments Merge
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A Theory of Indexical Shift
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Linearization of Chains and Sideward Movement
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Principles of Argument Structure
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Relativized Minimality
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Indefinite Objects
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Impossible Persons
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Voice and v
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Prosody, Focus, and Word Order
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Features of Person
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The Syntax of Adjectives
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Mereological Syntax
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Mathematical Structure of Syntactic Merge
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Indefinites
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Morphology by Itself
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Situations and Syntactic Structures
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Russian Case Morphology and the Syntactic Categories
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(Re)labeling
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Restriction and Saturation
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Composing Questions
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Prolegomenon to a Theory of Argument Structure
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The Antisymmetry of Syntax
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The Architecture of the Language Faculty
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Argument Structure
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Agreement Beyond Phi
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A Two-Tiered Theory of Control
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Some Concepts and Consequences of the Theory of Government and Binding
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Barriers
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| ISBN 13 | 9780262534161 |
| ISBN 10 | 0262534169 |
| Title | The Final-Over-Final Condition |
| Author | Michelle Sheehan |
| Series | Linguistic Inquiry Monographs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
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