Description
Book SynopsisThis survey explores interactions between syntax and discourse, through a case study of patterns of extraction from coordinate structures. It offers a starting point for further research on extraction from coordinate structures and provides a guide to how to tease out the theoretical implications of empirical findings.
Trade ReviewThe volume aims to fruitfully reconcile two fundamentally different approaches to extraction from coordinate structures in the research literature, the 'syntax calls the shots' approach has attempted to 'reduce patterns of extraction from coordinate structures to principled statements about constraints on unbounded dependencies in syntax', whereas the 'discourse calls the shots' has relied on 'asyntactic statements about the interpretation of unbounded dependency constructions in specific discourse contexts'. * Victoria Fendel, LINGUIST-List *
Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: What is coordination? 3: Extraction from coordinate structures 4: Syntax calls the shots 5: Discourse calls the shots 6: Discourse structure 7: Conclusions Appendix: List of choice points
