The Complementiser Phase

Subjects and Operators

Edited by E. Phoevos Panagiotidis

Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics

Brings together a wealth of empirical evidence
Highlights previously unstudied syntactic phenomena
Offers new insights into the nature and number of complementiser positions

The Complementiser Phase

Subjects and Operators

Edited by E. Phoevos Panagiotidis

Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics

Description

This book draws together nine original investigations by leading linguists and promising young scholars on the syntax of complementisers (eg that in She said that she would) and their phrases. The chapters are divided into two parts, each of which highlights aspects of the behaviour and function of complementisers. The first part looks at how and when subjects, or parts of subjects, can and cannot move outside their canonical position in a sentence. Each chapter examines and compares the relevance of a number of syntactic factors in languages such as English, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Brazilian Portuguese and Bavarian. In the second part, the focus turns to the nature and function of complementisers themselves, with discussions drawing on evidence from Italian, Italian dialects, Hebrew, and Dutch.

The Complementiser Phase

Subjects and Operators

Edited by E. Phoevos Panagiotidis

Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics

1. Introduction: complementisers and their Phase, E. Phoevos Panagiotidis
Part I: From Inside the Complementiser Phase: (sub-)extraction, mainly of subjects
2. On Some Properties of Criterial Freezing, Luigi Rizzi
3. (Non-)extraction From Subjects as an Edge Phenomenon, George Kotzoglou
4. Sub-extraction From Phase Edges, Angel J. Gallego
5. Subjects on the Edge, Anna Roussou
6. On the Necessity of Phi-features: The Case of Bavarian Subject Extraction, Clemens Mayr
7. Apparent Hyper-raising in Brazilian Portuguese: Agreement with Topics Across a Finite CP, Ana Maria Martins & Jairo Nunes
Part II: Complementisers Themselves: their features and specifier(s)
8. The Structure and Interpretation of (Romance) Complementizers, M. Rita Manzini
9. Nested Interrogatives and the Locus of wh, Omer Preminger
10. Complex wh-phrases don't move: On the Interaction between the Split CP-hypothesis and the Syntax of wh-movement, Jeroen van Craenenbroeck
References
Index

The Complementiser Phase

Subjects and Operators

Edited by E. Phoevos Panagiotidis

Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics

Author Information

E. Phoevos Panagiotidis is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cyprus. He is the author of Pronouns, Clitics and Empty Nouns and has published numerous articles on syntactic theory in Lingua, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Linguistic Inquiry, and the Journal of Greek Linguistics.

Contributors:

E. Phoevos Panagiotidis, University of Cyprus
Jeroen van Craenenbroeck, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel
Ángel J. Gallego, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
George Kotzoglou, University of the Agean
M. Rita Manzini, University of Florence
Ana Maria Martins, Universidade de Lisboa
Clemens Mayr, Harvard University
Jairo Nunes, Universidade de Sao Paulo
Omer Preminger. MIT
Luigi Rizzi, University of Siena
Anna Roussou, University of Patras