{"product_id":"9789048146239","title":"Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory: On the Scope of Focusing Particles and Wh-in-situ","description":"\u003ch1\u003eStudies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory: On the Scope of Focusing Particles and Wh-in-situ\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBayer, Josef\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirectionality and Logical Form\u003c\/em\u003e provides a detailed  treatment of the syntax of focusing particles, such as \u003cem\u003eonly\u003c\/em\u003e and  \u003cem\u003eeven\u003c\/em\u003e in a cross-linguistic perspective. The derivation of  logical forms is shown to be under the control, not only of the ECP  and subjacency, but also of directionality of government and the  particular word-order parameter that holds in a given language:  head-final languages systematically disallow certain derivations or  readings that are available in head-initial languages. The reason is  that heads that deviate in their selection properties from canonical  head-finality project a directionality barrier. Various strategies are  explored by which this barrier can be circumvented. Although the  theory is developed mainly on the basis of the head position in  German, it can be directly used to explain constraints on the scope of  Wh-in-situ in Bengali and closely related languages. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eAudience:\u003c\/em\u003e Syntacticians and semanticists interested in  parametric variation, as well as linguists working on Germanic and\/or  Indo-Aryan languages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2010-12-08\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789048146239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-017-1272-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 229cm x152cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 328\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46311632371852,"sku":"9789048146239","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789048146239.jpg?v=1771509052","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789048146239","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}