A Unified Theory of Verbal and Nominal ProjectionsSyntactically speaking, it has long been known that noun phrases are parallel to clauses in many respects. While most syntactic theories incorporate this principle, nouns have generally been regarded as inferior to verbs in terms of their licensing abilities, and nominal projections have been regarded as less complex than verbal projections in terms of the number of functional categories that they contain. Ogawa, however, argues that clauses and noun phrases are perfectly parallel. This book provides a unified theory of clauses and noun phrases, ultimately helping to simplify numerous thorny issues in the syntax/morphology interface. |
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adjoined adjunction adverb affixal property analysis appositive argues assume assumption asymmetry bare phrase structure c-command Case-marker checking domain Chomsky claim clausal complement complement clause condition CP complement derived nominals ditransitive verbs ECM verbs embedded clause English event nominals fact feature finite clause finite verb following contrast French functional category functional head gerunds Hence ill-formedness inflectional affix internal argument interpreted Japanese John John-ga John-Nom John's Kansai dialect Kayne Koizumi lexical lexical category light verb Linguistic Inquiry main verb Mary minimalist program modifiers morphological move to Spec nominal projections noun phrases null affixal NumP object overt syntax overt verb raising overtly raised particle Pesetsky PolP position prediction pronominal proposal Romance languages satisfy its affixal selecting verb semantic SENS sentential complement small clause subjunctive suffix syntactic nominalization hypothesis tense theory topicalization verbal and nominal violation West Flemish wh-movement