Optimality-Theoretic Syntax (Language, Speech, and Communication) 026262138X, 9780262621380, 0262122359, 9780262122351

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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 3
Acknowledgments......Page 5
Contributors......Page 7
Overview......Page 8
chap1- An Introduction to Optimality Theory in Syntax......Page 16
chap2-Competition between Syntax and Morphology......Page 43
chap3-Markedness and Subject Choice in Optimality Theory......Page 75
chap4-Optimality and Ineffability......Page 111
chap5-The Emergence of the Unmarked Pronoun......Page 127
chap6-Binding and Discourse Prominence: Reconstruction in Focus Scrambling......Page 157
chap7-The Emergence of Unmarked Word Order......Page 184
chap8-Optimal Clitic Positions and the Lexicon in Romance Clitic Systems......Page 217
chap9-Masked Second-Position Effects and the Linearization of Function Features......Page 253
chap10-Order Preservation, Parallel Movement, and the Emergence of the Unmarked......Page 290
chap11-Crosslinguistic Typologies in Optimality......Page 325
chap12-Form and Function in the Typology of Grammatical Voice Systems......Page 364
chap13-Constraints on Null Pronouns......Page 401
chap14-V-to-I Movement and do-Insertion in Optimality Theory......Page 434
chap15-Bidirectional Optimization and the Theory of Anaphora......Page 472
chap16-Case Patterns......Page 515
Index......Page 550
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