Checking theory and grammatical functions in universal grammar /
[Book]
Hiroyuki Ura.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages).
Oxford studies in comparative syntax
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-309) and index.
Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Active/Inverse Voice Alternation; 3. Anti-Impersonal Passives; 4. Dative Subject Constructions; 5. Locative Inversion; 6. Ergativity and Its Typological Variation; 7. Double Object Constructions; 8. Object Shift in Japanese; 9. Conclusion and Further Issues; References; Index.
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Hiroyuki Ura demonstrates that his theory of multiple feature-checking, an extension of Chomsky's AGR-less checking theory, gives a natural explanation for a wide range of data drawn from a variety of languages in a very consistent way with a limited set of parameters.
Checking theory and grammatical functions in universal grammar.
0195118391
Generative grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Generative grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Syntax.