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Rarely Used Structures and Lesser-Studied Languages Insights from the Margins
By Emily Manetta
Copyright 2020
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book investigates a set of marginal syntactic structures which have been singularly influential in the development of generative theory, spotlighting lesser-studied languages of the Indic family while emphasizing implications for linguistic theory more broadly. After first defining what constitutes a marginal syntactic structure, this book then undertakes a micro-comparative approach to... Read more
1. Introduction: Marginality, Two Ways 2. Parasitc Gaps Redux: PGs in Hindi-Urdu and Kashmiri 3. 'Won't You Please Leave?': Marginal Polar Questions in Kashmiri 4. Resumptive Pronouns in Romani Relatives 5. When, How, and Why: Multiple wh- Questions and Sluicing in Kashmiri 6. Reading Carefully: Adverbs and Negation Under Ellipsis 7. Conclusion: Where Many Roads Lead
Biography
Emily Manetta is an Associate Professor of Linguistics and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Vermont, USA.
