Syntax on the Edge

Diego Gabriel Krivochen, Ph.D. (2018), University of Reading, is currently a Lecturer in Syntax at the University of Oxford. He has published on theoretical syntax, English and Spanish grammar, and implicit learning of artificial grammars.

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

Abbreviations



1 Introduction: Setting the Scene

 1.1 Methodological and Historical Context

 1.2 Transformations and the Preservation of Relations

 1.3 Declarative vs. Procedural Syntax

 1.4 On Graphs and Phrase Markers: First- and Second-Order Conditions on Structural Representations

 1.5 Structural Uniformity (and Two Ways to Fix It)

 1.6 You Only Have One Mother



2 Fundamentals of Graph-Theoretic Syntax

 2.1 Defining (L-)Graphs

 2.2 Syntactic Composition and Semantic Interpretation

 2.3 Adjacency Matrices and Arcs: More on Allowed Relations



3 A Proof of Concept: Discontinuous Constituents



4 Some Inter-Theoretical Comparisons

 4.1 Multiple-Gap Relative Constructions

 4.2 Dependencies and Rootedness

 4.3 Crossing Dependencies



5 Ordered Relations and Grammatical Functions

 5.1 A Categorial Excursus on Unaccusatives and Expletives



6 Towards an Analysis of English Predicate Complement Constructions

 6.1 Raising to Subject

 6.2 Raising to Object

 6.3 Object-Controlled Equi

 6.4 Subject-Controlled Equi

 6.5 A Note on Raising and Polarity: ‘Opacity’ Revisited



7 More on Cross-Arboreal Relations: Parentheticals and Clitic Climbing in Spanish

 7.1 Discontinuity and Clitic Climbing in Spanish Auxiliary Chains



8 On Unexpected Binding Effects: a Graph-Theoretic Approach to Binding Theory

 8.1 Grafts and Graphs



9 Complementation within the NP



10 Wh-Interrogatives: Aspects of Syntax and Semantics

 10.1 Simple Wh-Questions



11 MIG s and Prizes



12 The Structural Heterogeneity of Coordinations



13 A Small Collection of Transformations

 13.1 Passivisation

 13.2 Dative Shift

 13.3 Transformations vs. Alternations



14 Some Open Problems and Questions

 14.1 A Note on Leftward and Rightward Extractions

 14.2 Deletion without Deletion

 14.3 Long Distance Dependencies and Resumptive Pronouns

 14.4 Identity Issues in Local Reflexive Anaphora

 14.5 Ghost in the Graph

 14.6 A Derivational Alternative?

 14.7 Future Prospects



15 Concluding Remarks



Appendix: Some Notes on (Other) Graph-Based Approaches

References

Index