Optionality of Movement

IF 0.7 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research Pub Date : 2020-12-01 DOI:10.1111/synt.12202

E. Titov

引用次数: 5

Abstract

This article looks at constructions involving optional movement of contrastive foci and argues that this type of reordering cannot be accounted for by assuming that it is driven by a syntactic feature. I maintain that an interface-based approach that rests on the principles of economy fares better at capturing the data, as it accounts not only for optionality of contrastivefocus movement, which is found in a wide variety of languages, but also for multiple landing sites for contrastive-focus movement, which are found in scrambling languages, such as Russian.

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移动的选择性

本文研究了涉及对比焦点选择性移动的结构，并认为这种类型的重新排序不能通过假设它是由句法特征驱动来解释的。我坚持认为，基于经济原则的基于界面的方法更善于捕捉数据，因为它不仅考虑了对比焦点移动的可选性（在各种语言中都有），还考虑了对比聚焦移动的多个着陆点（在俄语等扰频语言中也有）。

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Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research Multiple-

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1.90

自引率

12.50%

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期刊介绍： Syntax publishes a wide range of articles on the syntax of natural languages and closely related fields. The journal promotes work on formal syntactic theory and theoretically-oriented descriptive work on particular languages and comparative grammar. Syntax also publishes research on the interfaces between syntax and related fields such as semantics, morphology, and phonology, as well as theoretical and experimental studies in sentence processing, language acquisition, and other areas of psycholinguistics that bear on syntactic theories. In addition to full length research articles, Syntax features short articles which facilitate a fast review process. ''In the few years of its existence, Syntax quickly became one of the most prominent journals in the field, and unique as a source for high-quality studies at the forefront of research, combining theoretical inquiry and often significant innovation with outstanding descriptive and experimental work. It is indispensable for researchers in the areas it covers.'' Noam Chomsky, Massachusets Institute of Technology, USA