Syntactic Islands

by Cedric Boeckx

Book Overview

The phenomenon of the syntactic 'island' - a clause or structure from which a word cannot be moved - is central to research and study in syntactic theory. This book provides a comprehensive overview of syntactic islands. What are they? How do they arise? Why do they exist? Cedric Boeckx discusses the pros and cons of all the major generative accounts of island effects, and focuses the discussion on whether islands are narrowly syntactic effects, are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521191467
• ISBN13: 9780521191463
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"