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Nouns, verbs, and hidden structure in Tagalog
Kaufman’s article is rich in interesting facts about Tagalog, many of them gathered from underexplored corners of the language. Space constraints prevent me from discussing at length many of his insights; I will instead devote this space to some concerns I have with some of his
conclusions
What moves where when in which languages?
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1997.Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, leaves 348-363).by Norvin W. Richards, III.Ph.D
Linguistics
Contains table of contents for Section 4, an introduction and abstracts on seven doctoral dissertations
Order and structure in syntax I: Word order and syntactic structure
This book reconsiders the role of order and structure in syntax, focusing on fundamental issues such as word order and grammatical functions. The first group of papers in the collection asks what word order can tell us about syntactic structure, using evidence from V2, object shift, word order gaps and different kinds of movement. The second group of papers all address the issue of subjecthood in some way, and examine how certain subject properties vary across languages: expression of subjects, expletive subjects, quirky and locative subjects. All of the papers address in some way the tension between modelling what can vary across languages whilst improving our understanding of what might be universal to human language.
This book is complemented by Order and structure in syntax II: Subjecthood and argument structure
 
Order and structure in syntax I: Word order and syntactic structure
This book reconsiders the role of order and structure in syntax, focusing on fundamental issues such as word order and grammatical functions. The first group of papers in the collection asks what word order can tell us about syntactic structure, using evidence from V2, object shift, word order gaps and different kinds of movement. The second group of papers all address the issue of subjecthood in some way, and examine how certain subject properties vary across languages: expression of subjects, expletive subjects, quirky and locative subjects. All of the papers address in some way the tension between modelling what can vary across languages whilst improving our understanding of what might be universal to human language.
This book is complemented by Order and structure in syntax II: Subjecthood and argument structure
 
Order and structure in syntax I: Word order and syntactic structure
This book reconsiders the role of order and structure in syntax, focusing on fundamental issues such as word order and grammatical functions. The first group of papers in the collection asks what word order can tell us about syntactic structure, using evidence from V2, object shift, word order gaps and different kinds of movement. The second group of papers all address the issue of subjecthood in some way, and examine how certain subject properties vary across languages: expression of subjects, expletive subjects, quirky and locative subjects. All of the papers address in some way the tension between modelling what can vary across languages whilst improving our understanding of what might be universal to human language.
This book is complemented by Order and structure in syntax II: Subjecthood and argument structure
 
Order and structure in syntax I: Word order and syntactic structure
This book reconsiders the role of order and structure in syntax, focusing on fundamental issues such as word order and grammatical functions. The first group of papers in the collection asks what word order can tell us about syntactic structure, using evidence from V2, object shift, word order gaps and different kinds of movement. The second group of papers all address the issue of subjecthood in some way, and examine how certain subject properties vary across languages: expression of subjects, expletive subjects, quirky and locative subjects. All of the papers address in some way the tension between modelling what can vary across languages whilst improving our understanding of what might be universal to human language.
This book is complemented by Order and structure in syntax II: Subjecthood and argument structure
 
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