The syntax of Spanish /

The syntax of Spanish /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Zagona, Karen T., 1951-
Imprint:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Description:	xii, 286 p. : ill. ; 23 cm..
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge syntax guides
Subject:	Spanish language -- Syntax. Spanish language -- Syntax.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4629838

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ISBN:	0521576849 (pbk.) 0521571774
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-280) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Symbols and abbreviations
1. Overview of the grammar
1.1. Introduction
1.2. General characteristics of the syntax
1.3. The subject constituent
1.4. The predicate constituent
1.5. Main clauses
1.6. Subordinate clauses
1.7. Syntactic dialects
2. The Noun Phrase
2.1. Introduction
2.2. The distribution of argument NPs
2.3. Predicative NPs
2.4. The constituents of NP
2.5. Determiners of argument NPs
2.6. Pre- and post-determiners
2.7. Specifiers of predicative NPs
2.8. Constituent order within NP
2.9. Summary
3. The Verb Phrase
3.1. Introduction
3.2. The distribution of VP
3.3. The external argument of VP
3.4. Complements of V: prepositional complements vs. adjuncts
3.5. Complements: direct object DPs
3.6. Indirect objects
3.7. Complements of "unaccusative" verbs
3.8. Summary
4. VP-related functional categories
4.1. Introduction
4.2. VP-adverbs and the verb/tense relation
4.3. Auxiliary verbs, tense and aspect
4.4. Clitics
4.5. Negation
4.6. Summary
5. Subjects, topics, and declarative constituent order
5.1. Introduction
5.2. The problem of "free" subject order
5.3. Discourse roles: Focus and Topic
5.4. [Topic] movement to the specifier of IP
5.5. Dislocated Topics
5.6. Subject order and the NS parameter
5.7. Summary
6. A'-movement and X movement through COMP
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Wh-movement
6.3. (Contrastive) Focus
6.4. Other A'-movements
6.5. Head movement to (and through) COMP
6.6. Summary
References
Index