Date: 01-Jul-2009 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Correlatives Cross-Linguistically: Lipták (Ed) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Correlatives Cross-Linguistically
Series Title: Language Faculty and Beyond 1
Published: 2009
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Editor: Anikó Lipták
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027289421 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027289421 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027208187 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027208187 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Abstract:
This volume brings together recent work in generative syntax on correlative relative constructions. Greatly expanding on the Hindi-oriented scope of previous studies, it describes and analyzes correlative constructions in a range of languages, such as Basque, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish, Sanskrit, Serbo-Croatian and Tibetan, in comparison to correlativization in Hindi. The articles zoom in on three areas of interest: firstly, the similarities and differences between correlatives and other wh- and relative constructions; secondly, the derivation of correlative constructions and the position correlative clauses occupy in the host clause and thirdly, the matching effects that characterize the pairings between relative phrases and demonstrative phrases. The studies presented here will appeal to researchers and students with an interest in syntax in general and relativization strategies in particular.