One of the major arenas for debate within generative grammar is the nature of paradigmatic relations among words. Intervening in key debates at the interface between syntax and semantics, this book examines the relation between structure and meaning, and analyzes how it affects the internal properties of words and corresponding syntactic manifestations. Adapting notions from the Evo-Devo project in biology (the idea of 'co-linearity' between structural units and behavioural manifestations) Juan Uriagereka addresses a major puzzle: how words can be both decomposable so as to be acquired by children, and atomic, so that they do not manifest themselves as modular to adults.
Author(s): Juan Uriagereka
Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 368
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyroght......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
Contents......Page 11
Tables......Page 13
Figures......Page 14
Acronyms......Page 15
Introduction......Page 17
Acknowledgements......Page 27
1.1 Introduction......Page 29
1.2.1 Kearney's example and Lasnik's argument......Page 31
1.2.2 Levels and components......Page 32
1.3.1 Is Kearney's an argument against a D-structure component?......Page 35
1.3.2 What are the linguistic interfaces?......Page 36
1.3.4 Do conceptual and intentional structures have unique properties?......Page 39
1.4.1 The lexical array......Page 41
1.4.2 The numeration......Page 44
1.4.3 The theta criterion......Page 45
1.4.4 Conservation of phrases......Page 46
1.5 Where have all those arguments gone?......Page 47
1.5.1 Reconstruction effects......Page 48
1.5.2 How complex should the derivation be?......Page 51
1.6.1 Coding D-structure at LF......Page 55
1.6.2 Coding D-structure in the lexicon......Page 56
1.6.3 Coding D-structure in D-structure......Page 57
1.7 Conclusions......Page 58
2.2.1 Derivational vs. inflectional morphology......Page 60
2.2.2 Generative semantics......Page 63
2.3 The problem remains......Page 65
2.3.1 The lexicon project......Page 66
2.3.2 Lexical semantics......Page 68
2.3.3 Semantic uniformity......Page 69
2.3.4 Syntactic uniformity......Page 72
2.4.1 How arbitrary is the syntax/semantics mapping?......Page 79
2.4.2 Lost in translation......Page 84
2.4.3 Towards a dimensional theory of syntactic representation......Page 89
2.5 Conclusions......Page 93
3.1 Introduction......Page 94
3.2.1 Possession without a verb to express it......Page 95
3.2.2 Inalienability and possession......Page 96
3.2.3 Reversibility of possessive relations......Page 98
3.2.4 Extending 'relational' notions......Page 100
3.3 Towards a syntactic analysis......Page 102
3.4.1 Retained integrality under different referentiality – plus a direct consequence......Page 106
3.4.2 Integral identification......Page 109
3.4.3 Identification in the 'x way' construction......Page 111
3.5.1 Generalizing semantic identification......Page 112
3.5.2 The Trivial Structure hypothesis......Page 114
3.6.1 Grammatically impossible integral expressions......Page 115
3.6.2 Not enough cases?......Page 117
3.6.3 Chain uniformity and its consequences......Page 120
3.6.4 Lexical and functional projections......Page 126
3.7 Consequences for thematic relations within VP......Page 128
3.8 Conclusions......Page 132
4.2 The null Case issue......Page 134
4.2.1 Case puzzles related to complement clauses......Page 135
4.2.2 The puzzling cross-linguistic distribution of A-movement......Page 139
4.2.3 Null Case realization in inflectional specifiers......Page 146
4.2.4 More instances of null Case visibility and the person generalization......Page 150
4.3 Towards a syntax of evidentiality and related phenomena......Page 154
4.3.1 Some place(s) for pragmatic interfacing......Page 156
4.3.2 Syntactic involvement in context confinement......Page 158
4.4.1 Specificity, the Elsewhere Condition, and multiple spell-out......Page 160
4.4.2 Local transformations......Page 166
4.5 Conclusions......Page 171
5.1 Introduction......Page 173
5.2 Case conditions, Case puzzles, and steps towards a unification......Page 174
5.2.1 The Case of prepositions and beyond......Page 175
5.2.2 Substantive and formal categories......Page 176
5.2.3 Category collision and feature release......Page 178
5.2.4 Interpretable Concord......Page 181
5.3 Case beyond the Core Case......Page 184
5.3.1 Dative Case......Page 185
5.3.2 Nominative and genitive Case......Page 187
5.4.1 Where do Case hierarchies reside?......Page 191
5.4.2 Case dynamics......Page 194
5.4.3 Case within nominals (with architectural implications)......Page 198
5.4.4 Complement assumption......Page 200
5.5.1 Null vs. inherent Case......Page 203
5.5.2 Partitive Case......Page 205
5.5.3 A missing verbal structure......Page 209
5.5.4 Denominal verbs redux......Page 210
5.6 Conclusions......Page 212
6.2.1 Iterative expressions that will and will not be relevant......Page 215
6.2.2 A puzzle for iteration......Page 217
6.3.1 Finite-state properties of iterative structures......Page 221
6.3.2 The semantics of finite-state loops......Page 224
6.3.3 More complex instances......Page 228
6.3.4 More iterative facts in the same direction......Page 231
6.4.1 The problem with small clauses......Page 232
6.4.2 Finite-state heads and the rest......Page 234
6.4.3 Combinatorial distinctions within a finite-state system......Page 237
6.4.4 Issues of interpretation......Page 240
6.5 A brief note on adjuncts......Page 247
6.6 Conclusions......Page 251
7.1 Introduction......Page 253
7.2.1 The classical CH......Page 254
7.2.2 Towards a revamped Chomsky Hierarchy......Page 257
7.3 The derivational theory of complexity redux......Page 264
7.3.1 Conditions on rule application and derivational complexity......Page 265
7.3.2 Experimental examples......Page 267
7.3.3 Integrating island constraints......Page 272
7.4.1 Paradigmatic relations and orders of complexity in syntax......Page 276
7.4.2 The distributed interpretation thesis......Page 282
7.4.3 Manifolds......Page 285
7.4.4 Towards a deduction of the Aktionsart scaffolding......Page 288
7.5 Conclusions......Page 292
8.1 Introduction......Page 294
8.2.1 Interpreting finite-state relations......Page 295
8.2.2 Interpreting context-free relations......Page 298
8.2.3 Interpreting (mildly) context-sensitive relations......Page 301
8.3 Reprojection......Page 303
8.3.1 Syntactic limits on quantificational scope......Page 304
8.3.2 Focal mappings......Page 306
8.3.3 Consequences for Aktionsart......Page 311
8.3.4 Why not 'The other way around'?......Page 314
8.4.1 Basic mental spaces?......Page 316
8.4.2 Relativistic intentional relations?......Page 317
8.4.3 Opposing lexical features?......Page 320
8.4.4 Feature valuations are Markovian?......Page 322
8.4.5 Case as tokenization?......Page 325
8.4.6 Reprojected entanglements yield paradigms?......Page 326
8.4.7 Contexts and 'contexts'?......Page 328
8.5 Why is the lexicon different from the grammar? – and why one should care......Page 330
8.6 Conclusions......Page 338
Epilogue: Evo-Devo-Perfo......Page 340
References......Page 347
Index......Page 361
