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Author Branigan, Phil.

Title Provocative syntax [electronic resource] / Phil Branigan.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.

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Description x, 176 p. : ill.
Series Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 61
Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 61.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and index.
Contents Provocation. Introduction -- The inner workings of provocation -- Virtues of provocation -- Clausal provocation -- Chain formation -- Provoking head movement -- Provocative case studies. Quotative inversion -- Negative inversion -- Germanic verb-second clauses -- Force and provocation. Evidence for fin-to-force movement -- On wh-movement -- The distribution of embedded-verb second clauses -- Appendix: selection of clausal complements -- Provoking trace deletion. Introduction -- That-trace effects -- Crosslinguistic variation -- A spooky constraint -- Short wh-movement in embedded questions.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses.
Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
English language -- Syntax.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780262014991 (alk. paper)
0262014998 (alk. paper)
9780262515597 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0262515598 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780262295673 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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