LINGUIST List 13.3391

Fri Dec 20 2002

Books: Syntax: Rupp

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1. f.kennedy, The Syntax of Imperatives in English and Germanic...

		
Title: The Syntax of Imperatives in English and Germanic Word Order
 Variation in the Minimalist Framework

Publication Year: 2002
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
 http://www.palgrave.com
			
Availability: Available

Author: Laura Rupp
				
Hardback: ISBN: 033399342X, Pages: 216, Price: GBP45.00
Comment: 216x138mm
			
Abstract:
			
This informative book examines several aspects of the syntax of
imperative clauses in English and in a variety of other Germanic
languages in the context of the challenge that apparent optional
movement poses for the Minimalist Program. At a more general level,
the book engages in current debate on one of the key issues in
syntactic theory - the motivation for displacement operations in
natural language. It will be of particular interest to students and
researchers in English and Germanic and in general issues of syntactic
theory.

CONTENTS:

Acknowledgements - CHAPTER ONE: IMPERATIVES AND THE MINIMALIST PROGRAM
- Introduction - Theoretical Framework: the Minimalist Program -
Summary of the Data - A Final Note - CHAPTER TWO: FUNCTIONAL
CATEGORIES IN IMPERATIVE CLAUSE STRUCTURE - The Problem - INFL (AGR) -
COMP - ASP(ect) - CHAPTER THREE: (C)OVERT IMPERATIVE SUBJECTS - The
Issues - Restrictions on Available Subject-DPs - The Status of the
Overt Imperative Subject - The Identity of the Null Subject of
Imperatives - CHAPTER FOUR: THE SYNTAX AND STATUS OF DO(N'T) IN
IMPERATIVES - The Puzzle - Against Imperative- Do(n't) Analyses - The
Status of Don't in Imperatives - The Syntax of Do(n't) in Imperatives
- CHAPTER FIVE: THE SYNTAX OF SUBJECTS IN IMPERATIVES - The EPP
(-feature) - The Position of the Subject in 'Inverted' Imperatives -
Subject Position(s) Revisited: Optional Movement - CHAPTER SIX:
MARKING NEGATION - The Puzzle - Previous Analyses - An Alternative
Analysis - CHAPTER SEVEN: IMPERATIVE SUBJECTS IN GERMANIC - Dutch -
Belfast English - West Flemish - German - Danish - CHAPTER EIGHT:
DISCUSSION - Motivating Movement - Non-Raising to SpecIP - Optional
Raising to SpecIP - Raising to SpecFP - Conclusion - Notes -
References - Index

LAURA RUPP is a Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. She undertook her doctoral research at
the University of Essex.
			
Lingfield(s): Syntax

Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)