31.3714, Books: Probes and Their Horizons: Keine

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Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 22:51:24
From: Amy Harris [aeharris at mit.edu]
Subject: Probes and Their Horizons: Keine

 


Title: Probes and Their Horizons 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: MIT Press
	   http://mitpress.mit.edu/
	

Book URL: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/probes-and-their-horizons 


Author: Stefan Keine

Hardback: ISBN:  9780262043618 Pages: 380 Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9780262538275 Pages: 380 Price: U.S. $ 55.00


Abstract:

In this book, Stefan Keine investigates in detail “selective opacity”—
configurations in which syntactic domains are opaque to some processes but
transparent to others—and develops a comprehensive theory of these syntactic
configurations within a contemporary Minimalist framework. Although such
configurations have traditionally been analyzed in terms of restrictions on
possible sequences of movement steps, Keine finds that analogous restrictions
govern long-distance dependencies that do not involve movement. He argues that
the phenomenon is more widespread and abstract than previously assumed. He
proposes a new approach to such effects, according to which probes that
initiate the operation Agree are subject to “horizons,” which terminate their
searches.

Selective opacity effects raise important questions about the nature of
locality in natural language, the representation of movement-type asymmetries,
correlations between clause structure and locality, and possible interactions
between syntactic dependencies. With a focus on in-depth case studies of
Hindi-Urdu and German, Keine offers detailed investigations of movement
dependencies, long-distance agreement, wh-dependencies, the A/A' distinction,
restructuring, freezing effects, successive cyclicity, and phase theory.
Keine's account offers a thorough understanding of selective opacity and the
systematic overarching generalizations to which it is subject.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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