On Shell Structure

by Richard K. Larson

Book Overview

This volume collects together core papers by Richard K. Larson developing what has since come to be known as the "VP Shell" or "Split VP" analysis of sentential structure. The volume includes five previously published papers together with two major unpublished works from the same period: "Light Predicate Raising" (1989), which explores the interesting consequences of a leftward raising analysis of "NP Shift" phenomena, and "The Projection of DP...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415167736
• ISBN13: 9780415167734
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"