37.1432, Books: Null or Nothing: Herbeck and Pomino (eds.) (2026)

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Date: 13-Apr-2026
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Null or Nothing: Herbeck and Pomino (eds.) (2026)


Title: Null or Nothing
Subtitle: Zero Elements in Romance Syntax and Morphology
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today   291
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: John Benjamins
           http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/la.291

Editor(s): Peter Herbeck; Natascha Pomino

eBook ISBN:  9789027243997 Pages:  389 Price: Europe EURO 145.00
eBook ISBN:  9789027243997 Pages:  389 Price: U.K. £ 122.00
eBook ISBN:  9789027243997 Pages:  389 Price: U.S. $ 189.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027233899 Pages:  389 Price: Europe EURO 145.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027233899 Pages:  389 Price: Europe EURO 153.70
Hardback ISBN:  9789027233899 Pages:  389 Price: U.K. £ 122.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027233899 Pages:  389 Price: U.S. $ 189.00

Abstract:

Zero elements are used by several theories in morphology and syntax as
analytical tool, but the question of whether phonologically empty
elements should be structurally present or not has been a
controversial issue from the very beginning. In addition to analyses
that work with zero, there are also a whole series of works that
explicitly reject a description with zero or allow them only under
restricted circumstances. This volume aims at getting a more complete
picture of zero elements as a theoretic construct, its empirical
necessity and its nature in different components of grammar by
focusing on Romance languages. The volume presents multi-facetted
viewpoints and methodologies, such as formal theoretic and data-based
ones, addressing researchers, advanced students and everyone
interested in linguistics. Furthermore, this volume deals with various
Romance languages and varieties, such as Catalan, (Old and Modern)
French, Italian and Sicilian, (Brazilian and European) Portuguese, and
Spanish.

Written In: English (eng)



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