Regimes of Derivation in Syntax and Morphology

By Edwin Williams

Book Overview

Regimes of Derivation in Syntax and Morphology presents a theory of the architecture of the human linguistic system. The theory is a descendant of the author's "Representation Theory" and so inherits its other benefits as well, including explanations for properties of reconstruction, remnant movement, improper movement, and scrambling/scope interactions, and the different embedding regimes for clauses and DPs. Syntactic islands are added to this list as special cases of improper movement.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415887232
• ISBN13: 9780415887236
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"