Full Description
This book approaches the concept of boundary, central in linguistic theory, and the related notion of phase from the perspective of the interaction between syntax and its interfaces. A primary notion is that phases are the appropriate domains to explain most interface linguistic phenomena and that the study of (narrow) interfaces helps to understand conditions on the internal structure of the Language Faculty. The first part of this volume is dedicated to introducing the notion of boundary, cycle and phase, and also the current debates regarding internal interfaces, in particular, the syntax-phonology, syntax-semantics, syntax-discourse, syntax-morphology and syntax-lexicon interfaces, in order to show how the notion of boundary/phase is related to (or even determines) most of their characteristics. The four sections of the second part deal with (morpho)phonology/ syntax and the role or boundaries/phases; the syntax-discourse and syntax-semantics interface; and the lexicon-syntax interface, while the notion of boundary/phase cross-cuts the main topics addressed.
Contents
1. Preface; 1. Preface; 2. Introduction: Boundaries, phases and interfaces (by Castroviejo, Elena); 3. Section 1. (Morpho)phonology-Syntax Interface; 4. Syntacticizing blends: The case of English wh-raising (by Danckaert, Lieven); 5. Does the verb raise to T in Spanish? (by Camacho, Jose); 6. Locative DPs and deictic adverbs/pronouns in subject position in Brazilian Portuguese (by Pilati, Eloisa Silva Nascimento); 7. A note on the syntax of possession in Paraguayan Guarani (by Zubizarreta, Maria Luisa); 8. Section 2. Syntax-Semantics interface; 9. Adverbial elatives in Caribbean Spanish (by Gutierrez-Rexach, Javier); 10. On weak definites and their contribution to event kinds (by Espinal, M. Teresa); 11. The grammaticalization of 'big' situations: The IMPF operator and perfective imperfects in Bulgarian (by Rivero, Maria Luisa); 12. On the scalar properties and telicity of degree achievements (by McNally, Louise); 13. Section 3. Syntax-Discourse interface; 14. Multiple Wh-Movement in European Spanish: Exploring the role of interface conditions for variation (by Gallego, Angel J.); 15. Subextraction at the Discourse-Grammar interface: A featural approach to island effects (by Frascarelli, Mara); 16. On the de se reading in the de se center shift in Korean: An account based on logophoric binding (by Hoe, Semoon); 17. Section 4. Lexicon-Syntax interface; 18. Spanish participial adjectives and individual-level/stage-level interpretations in nominals (by Zagona, Karen); 19. Two types of transitive verbs in Spanish: Ditransitives in disguise (by Fernandez-Alcalde, Hector); 20. Grammatical categories at the Lexicon-Syntax-Semantics interface: The case of prepositions (by Romeu, Juan); 21. State and change of state in Latin: A view from the Lexicon-Syntax interface (by Mateu, Jaume); 22. Index
