LINGUIST List 17.3049
Tue Oct 17 2006
Books: Socioling/Syntax: Progovac, Paesani, Casielles, Barton (Eds)
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The Syntax of Nonsententials: Progovac, Paesani, Casielles, Barton (Eds)
Message 1: The Syntax of Nonsententials: Progovac, Paesani, Casielles, Barton (Eds)
Date: 17-Oct-2006
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: The Syntax of Nonsententials: Progovac, Paesani, Casielles, Barton (Eds)
Title: The Syntax of Nonsententials
Subtitle: Multidisciplinary perspectives
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 93
Published: 2006
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LA%2093
Editor: Ljiljana Progovac, Wayne State University
Editor: Kate Paesani, Wayne State University
Editor: Eugenia Casielles, Wayne State University
Editor: Ellen Barton, Wayne State University
Hardback: ISBN: 9027233578 Pages: 372 Price: U.S. $ 150.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027233578 Pages: 372 Price: Europe EURO 125.00
Abstract:
This volume brings the data that many in formal linguistics have dismissedas peripheral straight into the core of syntactic theory. By bringingtogether experts from syntax, semantics, pragmatics, philosophy oflanguage, language acquisition, aphasia, and pidgin and creole studies, thevolume makes a multidisciplinary case for the existence of nonsententials,which are analyzed in various chapters as root phrases and small clauses(Me; Me First!; Him worry?!; Class in session), and whose distinguishingproperty is the absence of Tense, and, with it, any syntactic phenomenathat rely on Tense, including structural Nominative Case. Arguably, thelack of Tense specification is also responsible for the dearth ofindicative interpretations among nonsententials, as well as for their heavyreliance on pragmatic context. So pervasive is nonsentential speech acrossall groups, including normal adult speech, that a case can be made thatcontinuity of grammar lies in nonsentential, rather than sentential speech.
Table of contents
Preface ixIntroductionLjiljana Progovac, Kate Paesani, Eugenia Casielles and Ellen Barton 1-91. Toward a nonsentential analysis in generative grammarEllen Barton 11-312. The syntax of nonsententials: Small clauses and phrases at the rootLjiljana Progovac 33-713. "Small structures": A sententialist perspectiveJason Merchant 73-914. Neither fragments nor ellipsisRobert J. Stainton 93-1165. Big questions, small answersEugenia Casielles 117-1456. Extending the nonsentential analysis: The case of special registersKate Paesani 147-1827. The narrowing acquisition path: From expressive small clauses todeclarativesChristopher Potts and Thomas Roeper 183-2018. Nonsententials in second language acquisitionNicola Work 203-2279. How language adapts to the brain: An analysis of agrammatic aphasiaHerman Kolk 229-25810. Nonsententials and agrammatismPatricia Siple 259-28111. Reduced syntax in (prototypical) pidginsDonald Winford 283-30712. Copula variation in Guyanese Creole and AAVE: Implications fornonsentential grammarWalter F. Edwards 309-322Epilogue: Wherefrom and whereto?Ljiljana Progovac, Kate Paesani, Eugenia Casielles and Ellen Barton 323-353Index 355-372
"Altogether this is a fascinating volume, especially given the breathtakingrange of data and subfields that it brings together in order to explore thesyntactic structures and cognitive processes that may underlie theproduction and comprehension of 'fragments'. There is so much to learn fromthe individual chapters and from the volume as a whole. A momentous andprovocative piece of work."Michel DeGraff, MIT
"According to Richard Montague, the task of syntax is to give a recursivedefinition of the set of well-formed expressions of every category of agiven language; for compositional semantics that is a very naturalperspective, since it is not only sentences that have meanings. But fewlinguists made much of this aspect of Montague's approach. I was happy whenI first encountered Ellen Barton's work on non-sentential constituentsaround 1989. I had long believed that there are non-trivial speech actsinvolving non-elliptical non-sentential constituents, but the topic nevergot to the top of my agenda, so I am immensely grateful that such anexcellent team of linguists has put together such a strong collection ofpapers invoking such a breadth of perspectives. I hope this book unleashesa flood of new work on this important topic."Barbara H. Partee, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Linguistic Field(s):
Syntax
Generative Linguistics
Pidgins & Creoles
Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): Guyanese Creole English (gyn)
Written In: English (eng )
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