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. |
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adjunct ambiguous analysis anaphor andthe AnotA questions antecedent clause antecedentgoverned argument assume asymmetry Binding Theory bought bound ccommand Chinese Chomsky cleft sentence coindexed COMP complement condition Conjunction Reduction consequent clause containing contrast daodi deletion derived difference embedded clause English examples existential existential quantifier existential sentences fact governed grammar Huang hypothesis illformed illformedness inchoative interpretation inthe involve island ittai John languages lexical lexical category light verb Linguistic Inquiry Lisi logophoricity longdistance matrix subject moved movement object EC occur ofthe onthe overt phrase piedpiping position possible predicate principle pronominal pronoun proposed quantifier reading reflexive relative clause relevant representation resultative ruguoconditionals scope semantics sentences shei shenme shuo small clause speaker Spec SStructure structure Subjacency syntactic syntax thatthe topic tothe trace unaccusative unergative universal quantifier variable verb violate weishenme wellformed whmovement whphrase whquestions whword withthe wonder xiangzhidao xihuan Zhangsan ziji