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Book SynopsisOne of the fundamental properties of human language is movement, where a constituent moves from one position in a sentence to another position. Syntactic theory has long been concerned with properties of movement, including locality restrictions.Smuggling in Syntax investigates how different movement operations interact with one another, focusing on the special case of smuggling. First introduced by volume editor Chris Collins in 2005, the term ''smuggling'' refers to a specific type of movement interaction. The contributions in this volume each describe different areas where smuggling derivations play a role, including passives, causatives, adverb placement, the dative alternation, the placement of measure phrases, wh-in-situ, and word order in ergative languages. The volume also addresses issues like the freezing constraint on movement and the acquisition of smuggling derivations by children.In this work, Adriana Belletti and Chris Collins bring together leading syntacticians to pres
Trade ReviewSmuggling in Syntax brings together an impressive array of diverse and enriching papers by authorities in the field who all demonstrate convincingly the impact of smuggling as a component of sentence derivation. With a range of languages represented, the papers collected here combine empirical wealth with theoretical depth. I am convinced that this volume will become a stimulating source of inspiration for many."-Liliane Haegeman, Professor Emerita, University of Ghent
The volume is an impressive collection of case studies documenting the pervasive role of 'smuggling.' From its original application to passive, smuggling is convincingly shown here to play a crucial role in such diverse domains as causatives, tough-movement, dative alternations, the can't seem construction and still others. A striking step forward in our comprehension of syntactic derivations. * Guglielmo Cinque, Ca' Foscari University, Venice *
An idea of growing importance to syntactic theory, smuggling has yielded an explosion of exciting research. Collected here is some of the best. * William Snyder, University of Connecticut *
Table of Contents1. Introduction by Adriana Belletti and Chris Collins 2. Ways of smuggling in Syntactic Derivations by Adriana Belletti 3. Punctual Time Adverbials in Italian by Valentina Bianchi 4. On Smuggling, the Freezing Ban, Labels, and Tough-constructions by Zeljko Boskovic 5. A Smuggling Approach to the Dative Alternation by Chris Collins 6. On Measure Phrase Alternation and Smuggling by Norbert Corver 7. Canonical and Reverse Predication in the Syntax of the Active/Passive Diathesis Alternation by Marcel den Dikken 8. On the Syntax of the can't seem Construction in English by Hilda Koopman 9. On Children's Late Acquisition of Raising seem and Control promise by Victoria Mateu and Nina Hyams 10. Remnant Movement and Smuggling in Some Romance Interrogative Clauses by Cecilia Poletto and Jean-Yves Pollock 11. Smuggling, Ergativity, and the Final-Over-Final Condition by Ian Roberts
