Synopses & Reviews
The essays collected in this volume, most previously unpublished, address a number of closely interconnected issues raised by the comparative syntax of functional heads within the Principles-and-Parameters approach. The general theory of head movement, the properties of derived structures created by incorporation, and the parameterization involved are the main theoretical foci. One major empirical area which is addressed concerns head movement in configurations involving certain kinds of operator-like elements, for example, the different manifestations of Verb Second phenomena in Wh and other constructions and the syntax of negative heads and specifiers. In addition, properties of functional heads and head movement in nominal and clausal structures and the causative construction are investigated.
Review
"This book may be mainly of interest to the formal theorist, but the insights gained are relevant to the non-major languages that field linguists are working on as well."--Notes on Linguistics
Table of Contents
The verb always leaves IP in V-2 clauses / Bonnie Schwartz, Sten Vikner -- Residual verb second and the Wh-criterion / Luigi Rizzi -- Complex inversion in French / Luigi Rizzi, Ian Roberts -- Negative concord in West Flemish / Liliane Haegeman, Raffaella Zanuttini -- On the relevance of tense for sentential negation / Raffaella Zanuttini -- A cross-linguistic study of Romance and Arbèeresh causatives / Teresa Guasti -- Hebrew noun phrases : generalized noun raising / Tal Siloni -- Three kinds of subject clitics in Basso Polesano and the theory of pro / Cecilia Poletto.