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Adjectives, Number and Interfaces Why Languages Vary

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ISBN-10: 008044055X

ISBN-13: 9780080440552

Edition: 2002

Authors: Denis Bouchard

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Denis Bouchard explores variation and universality in languages in this study of generative grammar based upon a close analysis of the many functions of adjectives, number and interfaces.
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List price: $187.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: BRILL
Publication date: 9/17/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 460
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Adjectives, Interfaces, and Explanation
Introduction
Adjectival Modification
Explaning Adjectival Modification
Explanation in Linguistics: The Role of Interfaces
Adjectival Modification in French
A Strictly Compositional Analysis of Adjectival Modification
Basic Phenomena
Factors Favoring Pre-N or Post-N Placement of ADJs
Conclusion
Crosslinguistic Variation in Adjectival Modification
The Causes of Variation
A Comparison with English
A Brief Look at Other Languages
Evidence from Codeswitching
Conclusion
The Omission of N
Expressions Including Partitivity
Classifying ADJs
Lone Determiners
Conclusion
The Omission of DET
Number and the DET
Intensional Determinerless NPs in French
Referential Determinerless NPs in French
The Interpretation of Determinerless NPs in English
Determinerless NPs in Italian
Conclusion
Adaptive Grammar
The Broad Picture
Progress in Generative Grammar and Simplicity
Nonminimal Residues
A Parsimonious Analysis of Long Distance Dependencies
The Origins of Variation
Displacement and Crosslinguistic Variation
Innateness and Learnability
An Adaptive Model of the Faculty of Language
Counterarguments to Compositionality?
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