1st Edition

Welsh Syntax A Government-Binding Approach

By Robert Boyden Lamb Copyright 1988
298 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1988, proposes an analysis of Welsh syntax within the theory of Government and Binding (GB). The main focus of the study is the theory of empty elements and the role of agreement phenomena in relation to empty categories. The study of the Celtic family of languages has emerged as an increasingly fruitful area of research both inside and outside GB theory. Written... Read more

Introduction;  1. Word Order and Base Rules  2. The Null Subject Construction  3. Cliticisation Processes  4. Relative Clauses  5. Questions, Topics and Relative Clauses  6. Passive and Impersonal Constructions;  Notes;  Appendix;  Bibliography;  Index;  Index of Authors

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