Weak island semantics
By: Márta Abrusán
Edition: First edition.
Series: Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics -- 3; Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics -- 3.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780199639380; 9780199639397
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Comparative and general Grammar; Negatives; Interrogative; Syntax; Semantics
Description: This volume presents a novel semantic account of weak islands, structures that block the displacement of certain elements in a sentence. Dr Abrusan's argument that the behaviour of these constructions has a semantic rather than syntactic explanation removes some of the most important reasons for postulating abstract syntactic rules as part of universal grammar.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and indexes.