The Antisymmetry of Syntax

by Richard S. Kayne

It is standardly assumed that Universal Grammar (UG) allows a given hierarchical representation to be associated with more than one linear order. This book proposes a restrictive theory of word order and phrase structure that denies this assumption. According to this theory, phrase structure always completely determines linear order, so that if two phrases differ in linear order, they must also differ in hierarchical structure.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262611074
• ISBN13: 9780262611077
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher