William D Davies
Objects and Other Subjects: Grammatical Functions, Functional Categories and Configurationality - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory William D Davies Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001 edition

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Objects and Other Subjects: Grammatical Functions, Functional Categories and Configurationality - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

William D Davies

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001 edition

The papers in this volume examine the current role of grammatical functions in transformational syntax in two ways: (i) through largely theoretical considerations of their status, and (ii) through detailed analyses for a wide variety of languages.

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index; Also avail. in cloth; Papers presented at a workshop held July 1999 at the LSA Linguistic Institute, Urbana-Champagne, Ill. Table of Contents: List of Contributors. Foreword. Acknowledgements. Part I: Overview. 1. Remarks on Grammatical Functions in Transformational Syntax; W. D. Davies, S. Dubinsky. 2. Phrase Structure as a Representation of Primitive' Grammatical Relations; M. C. Baker. 3. Grammatical Functions, Thematic Roles, and Phrase Structure: Their Underlying Disunity; F. J. Newmeyer. 4. Is Case Another Name for Grammatical Function? Evidence from Object Asymmetries; A. Alsina. Part II: Objects. 5. Subjects, Objects, and the EPP; H. Lasnik. Derived Objects in Malagasy; L. deMena Travis. Part III: Subjects. 7. The Distribution of Subject Properties in Irish; J. McCloskey. The EPP in Spanish; G. Goodall. On Predication and the Status of Subjects in Niuean; D. Massam. 10. Functional Architecture and the Distribution of Subject Properties; W. D. Davies, S. Dubinsky. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

Contributor Bio: Davies, W D W. D. Davies was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Emeritus Professor of Christian Origins, Duke University. Contributor Bio: Dubinsky, Stanley Stanley Dubinsky is Professor of Linguistics at the University of South Carolina. His primary areas of research are syntax, semantics and linguistic theory.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	October 31, 2001
ISBN13	9781402000652
Publishers	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Pages	307
Dimensions	155 × 235 × 17 mm · 458 g
Language	English
Editor	Davies, William D.
Editor	Dubinsky, Stanley