Indefinite Objects by Luis Lopez
A novel view of the syntax-semantics interface that analyzes the behavior of indefinite objects.In Indefinite Objects, Luis L pez presents a novel approach to the syntax-semantics interface using indefinite noun phrases as a database. Traditional approaches map structural configurations to semantic interpretations directly; L pez links configuration to a mode of semantic composition, with the latter yielding the interpretation.
The polyvalent behavior of indefinites has long been explored by linguists who have been interested in their syntax, semantics, and case morphology, and L pez's contribution can be seen as a synthesis of findings from several traditions. He argues, first, that scrambled indefinite objects are composed by means of Function Application preceded by Choice Function while objects in situ are composed by means of Restrict. This difference yields the different interpretive possibilities of indefinite objects. L pez's more nuanced approach to the syntax-semantics interface turns out to be rich in empirical consequences.
Second, he proposes that short scrambling also yields Differential Marking, provided that context conditions are fulfilled, while in situ objects remain unmarked. Thus, L pez contributes to the extensive literature on Differential Object Marking by showing that syntactic configuration is a crucial factor.
L pez substantiates this approach with data from Spanish, Hindi-Urdu, Persian (Farsi), Kiswahili, Romanian, and German.
- 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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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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The Final-Over-Final Condition
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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
Luis López is Professor of Spanish Linguistics at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the author of Locality and the Architecture of Syntactic Dependencies (2007) and co-editor, along with Rafael Núñez-Cedeño and Richard Cameron, of Language Knowledge and Language Use (2004).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780262517850 |
| ISBN 10 | 026251785X |
| Title | Indefinite Objects |
| Author | Luis Lopez |
| Series | Linguistic Inquiry Monographs |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 188 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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