Between Syntax and SemanticsThis indispensable volume contains articles that represent the best of Huang's work on the syntax-semantics interface over the last two decades. It includes three general topics: (a) questions, indefinites and quantification, (b) anaphora, (c) lexical structure and the syntax of events. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part I Questions Indefi nites and Quantification | 9 |
Part II Anaphora and Binding | 223 |
Part III Lexical Structure and Events | 345 |
Notes | 405 |
| 455 | |
Author Index | 471 |
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A-not-A questions adjunct analysis anaphor antecedent clause argument assume asymmetry Binding Theory bought bound c-command Chinese Chomsky cleft sentence coindexed COMP complement condition Conjunction Reduction consequent clause containing contrast criticize daodi deletion derived difference donkey E-type effects embedded clause embedded subject English examples existential existential quantifier existential sentences fact focus grammar himi Huang inchoative interpretation island ittai John Johni languages lexical lexical category light verb Lisi logophoric mai-le matrix subject moved movement object EC occur ofthe overt phrase pied-piping position predicate preposition stranding principle pronominal pronoun proposed quantifier R-expression reading reflexive relative clause relevant representation ruguo rule S-Structure scope semantics sentences shei shenme shuo speaker Spec structure Subjacency syntactic syntax tion topic trace unergative universal quantifier variable verb weishenme wh-movement wh-phrase wh-questions wh-word wonder xiang-zhidao xihuan Zhangsan zheben shu ziji zijii