{"product_id":"lexicalfunctional-syntax-9781405187817","title":"LexicalFunctional Syntax","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLexical-Functional Syntax, 2nd Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, the definitive text for Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) with a focus on syntax, is updated to reflect recent developments in the field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides both an introduction to LFG and a synthesis of major theoretical developments in lexical-functional syntax over the past few decades\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes in-depth discussions of a large number of syntactic phenomena from typologically diverse languages\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures extensive problem sets and solutions in each chapter to aid in self-study\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates reader feedback from the 1st Edition to correct errors and enhance clarity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the First Edition xi \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Motivation for the LFG Architecture 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Nonconfigurationality 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Movement Paradoxes 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Theoretical assumptions 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading and discussion 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Lexicality and Argument Structure 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Two approaches to passive relation changes 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 The lexicality of relation changes 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1 English passive verb forms 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2 Adjectives versus verbs 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3 Participle–adjective conversion 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.4 Passive participles convert to adjectives 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.5 Differences between adjectival and verbal passives explained 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.6 Differences between adjectival and verbal passives unexplained 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.7 Conclusion: passivization is lexical 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Passivization with and without movement 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading and discussion 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Formally Modeling the Architecture 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 A Formal Model of Syntactic Structure 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Design principles 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.1 Principle I: variability 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.2 Principle II: universality 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.3 Principle III: monotonicity 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The definition of f-structures 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The description of f-structures 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 The correspondence between c- and f-structures 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 The solution algorithm 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Defining versus constraining equations 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Completeness and coherence 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Functional uncertainty 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9 Sets of f-structures 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.10 Conclusion 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Monotonicity and Some of Its Consequences 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Monotonicity 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Relation changes and monotonicity 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Information and form 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.1 The fragmentability of language 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.2 The nonconfigurationality of language 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.3 Apparent information flow through external structure 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.4 Noncompositionality 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Conclusion 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Inflectional Morphology and Phrase Structure Variation 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 A Theory of Structure–Function Mappings 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Grammatical functions 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.1 Basics of grammatical functions 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.2 Classification of grammatical functions 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 The organization of c-structure categories 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1 Endocentricity and X′ structures 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.2 Endocentric mapping to f-structure 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Exocentric categories 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 Lexocentricity and S 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2 S and endocentricity 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.3 Nonprojecting words 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.4 Summary of the structure–function principles 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Toward a typology 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Effects of economy of expression 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading and discussion 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: X′ theory 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Endocentricity and Heads 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Head mobility 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.1 Verb order in Welsh 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Endocentricity and extended heads 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Distributed exponence 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.1 Wambaya c-structure 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.2 The Wambaya tense system 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Conclusion 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Pronoun Incorporation and Agreement 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Chichewˆ a 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.1 Word order 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.2 Independent pronouns 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.3 Contrastive focus 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.4 Interrogatives and relatives 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.5 Other syntactic and phonological differences 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.6 Functional ambiguity of subject and topic 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Navajo 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise 1 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise 2 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Plains Cree and inverse agreement 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise 3 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Two types of agreement: index and concord 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise 4 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Conclusion 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading and discussion 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Topicalization and Scrambling 196\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 English topicalization 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Russian topicalization 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Economy of expression 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Topicalization versus scrambling 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Detecting empty categories 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading and discussion 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe crossover effect 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo types of null pronominals 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneralization to operator complexes 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther factors 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV On Functional Structures: Binding, Predication, and Control 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Basic Binding Theory 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Basic concepts 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 A toy binding theory 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Principle C 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading and discussion 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Formalization of the binding constraints 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Types of Bound Anaphors 254\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Dimensions of anaphoric binding 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Icelandic: subjective and anti-subjective pronouns 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Norwegian: subjective\/nuclear pronouns 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Logophoricity versus subjectivity 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading and discussion 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 The typology of reflexives and the origins of nuclearity 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading and discussion 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Formalization 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Predication Relations 286\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Predicate complements versus adjuncts 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 F-structures of xcomps 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise 1 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExercise 2 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 F-structure of PP complements 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 C-structure of predicate complements 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Raising 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading and discussion 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Anaphoric Control 309\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Gerundive versus participial VPs in English 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Structure of gerundive VPs 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Anaphoric control versus functional control 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Conclusion 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading and discussion 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 From Argument Structure to Functional Structure 324\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 What is argument structure? 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 The theory of a-structures 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Mapping a-structures to syntactic functions 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Examples and consequences 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4.1 Unaccusatives 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4.2 Resultatives 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4.3 “Fake” reflexives and “nonsubcategorized objects” 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4.4 Word order of internal\/external arguments 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4.5 Ditransitives 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4.6 Interactions of passive and raising 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4.7 Morphology that adds or suppresses a-structure roles 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther reading and discussion 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblem Sets and Solutions 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblem Set 1 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblem Set 2 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblem Set 3 370\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblem Set 4 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblem Set 5 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblem Set 6 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolutions to Selected Problems 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences for the Problems 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 464\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Index 501\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 503\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default 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