Full Description
This book presents the latest research in the Nanosyntax framework, a late-insertion theory based on the idea that the elementary building blocks of syntactic trees are limited to single features. The features are assembled by means of syntax and lexicalized by means of phrasal lexicalization and the lexicalization algorithm, a simple, constrained, and algorithmic process of externalization of syntactic structures. The chapters in this volume are divided into four parts that each contribute to a better understanding of the framework as a whole and of the lexicalization algorithm in particular.
The case studies in Part I use the lexicalization algorithm to probe for the underlying ingredients of the functional sequence, while those in Part II take a closer look at the structural nature of prefixes and how they differ from suffixes, exploring the complications related to their derivation. Part III investigates the finer detail of the algorithm, presenting its most recent innovations, in order to resolve some challenging data patterns relating to (apparent) non-local allomorphy, neutralization, ABA-patterns, and theme vowels. The volume's final part looks forward to new avenues of investigation, with chapters on phonologically-conditioned allomorphy, selection, and multilingual settings.
Contents
1: Karen De Clercq;Pavel Caha;Michal Starke;Guido Vanden Wyngaerd: Nanosyntax: State of the art and recent developments
Part I The Functional Sequence
2: Anastasiia Vyshnevska: Comparing Slavic comparatives
3: Fenna Bergsma;Jan Don;Anne Merkuur;Meg Smith: Complex Left Branches in Frisian verbs
4: Furkan Dikmen; Ömer Demirok: Decomposing habituals
5: Antonio Fábregas: Suppletion and affix selection in Nanosyntax: The case of Spanish numerals
Part II Prefixes
6: Bartosz Wiland: Polish prefix stacking redux
7: Anne-Li Demonie: Complications of Complex Left Branches: The case of Dutch verbal prefixes
8: Serra Gök;Ömer Demirok: The non-uniform nature of auxiliaries: A case study on Turkish
PART III The Algorithm and Subextraction
9: Pavel Caha: A local analysis of an apparent nonlocal allomorphy in Tamil: A perspective from Rutul
10: Daniar Kasenov: ABA patterns and the generative power of Nanosyntax
11: Pavel Caha;Lucie Taraldsen Medová: Syncretism and markedness paradoxes in the Russian demonstrative declension
12: Tarald Taraldsen: The relation between theme vowels and root suppletion
Part IV New Explorations
13: Tommaso Balsemin;Francesco Pinzin: A modular approach to Phonologically Conditioned Allomorphy: The case of the Ligurian article system
14: Utku Türk: Controlling morphosyntactic competition through phonology
15: Lena Baunaz;Eric Lander: Lexical structure and subjunctive selection
16: David Natvig;Michael T. Putnam;Emmeline Wilson: Exponency in bilingual grammars: Conflict and compromise
