28.4322, Books: The Final-Over-Final Condition: Sheehan, Biberauer, Roberts, Holmberg

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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:52:44
From: David Weininger [dgw at mit.edu]
Subject: The Final-Over-Final Condition: Sheehan, Biberauer, Roberts, Holmberg

 


Title: The Final-Over-Final Condition 
Subtitle: A Syntactic Universal 
Series Title: Linguistic Inquiry Monographs  

Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: MIT Press
	   http://mitpress.mit.edu/
	

Book URL: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/final-over-final-condition 


Author: Michelle Sheehan
Author: Theresa Biberauer
Author: Ian Roberts
Author: Anders Holmberg

Electronic: ISBN:  9780262342001 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 28
Hardback: ISBN:  9780262036696 Pages: 460 Price: U.S. $ 90
Paperback: ISBN:  9780262534161 Pages: 460 Price: U.S. $ 40


Abstract:

This book presents evidence for a universal word order constraint, the
Final-over-Final Condition (FOFC), and discusses the theoretical implications
of this phenomenon. FOFC is a syntactic condition that disallows structures
where a head-initial phrase is contained in a head-final phrase in the same
extended projection/domain. The authors argue that FOFC is a linguistic
universal, not just a strong tendency, and not a constraint on processing.
They discuss the effects of the universal in various domains, including the
noun phrase, the adjective phrase, the verb phrase, and the clause. The book
draws on data from a wide range of languages, including Hindi, Turkish,
Basque, Finnish, Afrikaans, German, Hungarian, French, English, Italian,
Romanian, Arabic, Hebrew, Mandarin, Pontic Greek, Bagirmi, Dholuo, and Thai. 

FOFC, the authors argue, is important because it is the only known example of
a word order asymmetry pertaining to the order of heads. As such, it has
significant repercussions for theories connecting the narrow syntax to linear
order.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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