Exploring Interfaces

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Cambridge University Press, 8/22/2019EAN 9781108488273, ISBN10: 1108488277Hardcover, 316 pages, 23.5 x 15.6 x 2.2 cmLanguage: EnglishModels of theoretical linguistics now emphasize the meeting points, or interfaces, between different aspects of our language capacity. Syntactic operations include structure-building, checking long-distance relationships between units, and connecting alternative word orders. This volume presents a collection of original studies that explore the mapping between these operations and other language-related areas such as word meanings, discourse contexts, the construction of meaning for larger units, and the alternative expressions of word order. It differs from previous traditional research on interfaces by bringing together studies and analyses from a range of languages, using monolingual varieties that include second language phenomena. Case studies of different types of interfaces, as well as studies based on lesser known sets of linguistic data, provide important examples that propose a new view of the connections between syntactic processes and other areas of grammar.Introductionthe road to interfaces Mónica Cabrera and José CamachoPart I. Syntax-Lexicon Interface1. The L2 acquisition of English anticausative structures by L1 Spanish speakers Mónica Cabrera2. Dispositional evaluative adjectiveslexical alternations, behaviors and sideward movement Violeta Demonte3. The role of P in unaccusative constructions Roberto Mayoral Hernández4. Degree achievements of color Mythili Menon and Roumyana PanchevaPart II. Syntax-Semantics Interface5. Negative idioms José Camacho6. Scope, syntax and prosody in Russian as a second or heritage language Tania Ionin and Tatiana Luchkina7. On the syntax of pronominal cliticsa view from Greek Patricia Schneider-ZiogaPart III. Linearization8. Merge, restructuring and clitic climbing in Spanish Pascual José Masullo9. Linearization when multiple orderings are possibleadjective ordering restrictions and focus Katy McKinney-Bock10. Dialectal variation in VOS word order in Spanish Liliana Sánchez and Pablo Zdrojewski. Show more