The Syntax of Adjuncts (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521771344)

This book proposes a theory of the distribution of adverbial adjuncts in a Principles and Parameters framework, claiming that there are few syntactic principles specific to adverbials; rather, for the most part, adverbials adjoin freely to any projection. A wide range of adverbial types is analyzed; predicational adverbs (such as manner, and modal adverbs), domain expressions such as financially, temporal, frequency, duration, and focusing adverbials; participant PP's (e.g. locatives and benefactives); resultative and conditional clauses, and others, taken primarily from English, Chinese, French, and Italian, with occasional reference to others (such as German and Japanese).

Author: Thomas Boyden Ernst, Ernst Thomas
ISBN-10: 052177134X
ISBN-13: 9780521771344
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2001
Pages: 568
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.38d