Dimensions of symmetry in syntax : agreement and clausal architecture

(cont.) are, then, determined at phase levels by late insertion of categorial features. One crucial aspect of the proposed theory of structural symmetry involves interweaving effects, which emerge as categorial determination of different sizes and types. The present thesis discusses three such cases: Nominative-Genitive Conversion, Head-Internal Relative Clauses, and Predicate Cleft Constructions. It is further argued that Agreement Symmetry and Structural Symmetry interact with the Case theory and bring far-reaching implications for aspects of syntactic phenomena.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2005

Author dc:creator

• Hiraiwa, Ken, 1974-

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• Noam Chomsky.

• Linguistics and Philosophy.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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en_US

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28921

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