Mapping Spatial Pps: The Cartography of Syntactic Structures, Volume 6

by Luigi Rizzi and Guglielmo Cinque

Book Overview

Mapping Spatial PPs focuses on a particular aspect of the internal syntax of prepositional phrases that has been relatively neglected in previous studies: the fine-grained articulation of their structure. With contributions from top scholars in the field, this volume investigates such components as direction, location, axial part, deictic center, absolute (ambiental) and relative view point, using evidence from Romance, Germanic, and African languages,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019539366X
• ISBN13: 9780195393668
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"