15.2980, Diss: Syntax: Villalba: 'The Syntax of Sentence...'

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Date: 20-Oct-2004
From: Xavier Villalba < Xavier.Villalba at uab.es >
Subject: The Syntax of Sentence Periphery


	
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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:58:38
From: Xavier Villalba < Xavier.Villalba at uab.es >
Subject: The Syntax of Sentence Periphery

Institution: Autonomous University of Barcelona
Program: Catalan Philology
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 2000

Author: Xavier Villalba

Dissertation Title: The Syntax of Sentence Periphery

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s):
Catalan-valencian-balear (Code: CLN)

Language Family(ies):
Romance

Dissertation Director(s):
Gemma Rigau

Dissertation Abstract:

This dissertation deals with dislocation structures, particularly with
Clitic Right Dislocation and with Clitic Left Dislocation. The main
guideline of the analysis is that the form of syntactic objects is
constrained by Kayne's (1994) Linear Correspondence Analysis. This strict
framework will lead us to an analysis (Split-Topic Analysis) involving two
different landing sites for dislocated elements: the specifier of the
Internal Topic Phrase in the left periphery of the vP area for Clitic Right
Dislocation, and that of the External Topic Phrase in the left periphery of
sentence for Clitic Left dislocation. It will be argued that this approach
is more adequate on both conceptual and empirical grounds, since it
complies with the highly restrictive view of syntax imposed by Kayne?s
Linear Correspondence Axiom, and offers a principled explanation of the
consistent set of similarities and differences between Clitic Right
Dislocation and Clitic Left Dislocation.



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