Pronouns, clitics and empty nouns : 'pronominality' and licensing in syntax /

Pronouns, clitics and empty nouns : 'pronominality' and licensing in syntax /

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Author / Creator:	Panagiotidis, Phoevos.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2002.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 211 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 46 Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 46.
Subject:	Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronominals. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clitics. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clitics. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronominals. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11145331

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ISBN:	9789027297594 9027297592 1588111032 9781588111036 1588111032
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Essex, 2000. Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Two issues little discussed in the generative literature are the internal structure of pronouns and what it is in Syntax that triggers pronominal reference. This monograph treats these two topics in detail and investigates whether pronominal (strong, weak and clitic pronouns) and related elliptical expressions can be given a unified syntactic representation. The answer, derived from a wealth of cross-linguistic evidence, is largely affirmative: pronominals include a semantically empty noun as part of their internal structure. The case of null subjects in 'pro-drop' languages is also examined a.
Other form:	Print version: Panagiotidis, Phoevos. Pronouns, clitics and empty nouns. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2002

Table of Contents:

-1. Prelim pages
0. Table of contents
1. Foreword
2. Introduction
3. 1. On the complex structure of pronouns
4. 2. Pronominal nouns beyond pronouns
5. 3. On the nature of empty nouns
6. 4. Pro and empty pronouns
7. 5. Licensing and the categorial features of functional categories
8. Conclusion
9. Bibliography
10. Index