Author : Julia Bacskai-Atkari
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ISBN 13 : 9783961100842
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Deletion Phenomena in Comparative Constructions: English Comparatives in a Cross-linguistic Perspective by : Julia Bacskai-Atkari
Download or read book Deletion Phenomena in Comparative Constructions: English Comparatives in a Cross-linguistic Perspective written by Julia Bacskai-Atkari and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a new analysis for the syntax of comparatives, focusing on various deletion phenomena affecting the subclause. In particular, the proposed account shows that Comparative Deletion is merely a surface phenomenon that can be drawn back to the overtness of the comparative operator and the availability of lower copies of a movement chain, and it is thus subject to both language-internal and cross-linguistic variation. The main focus of the book is on English, yet other languages are also discussed for comparative purposes, with the aim of showing what the idiosyncratic properties of English comparatives are.