Checking theory and grammatical functions in universal grammar /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Hiroyuki Ura.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
Oxford studies in comparative syntax
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-309) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Checking theory and grammatical functions in universal grammar.
International Standard Book Number
0195118391
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Generative grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Generative grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Syntax.