Consequences of antisymmetry : headed relative clauses / by Valentina Bianchi.

Based on author's doctoral dissertation.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-354) and index.

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Chapter I. The theoretical background: Kayne�s (1994) “Antisymmetry of Syntax� -- 0. Introduction -- 1. X-bar theory in the Principles and Parameters framework -- 1.1. Dominance versus linear order: the directionality parameters -- 1.2. “Invisible� nodes -- 1.3. Binary branching -- 2. Some empirical evidence -- 2.1. Against adjunction -- 2.2. Against multiple sister complements -- 2.3. Against rightward adjunction -- 3. Kayne�s (1994) Antisymmetry -- 3.1. The Linear Correspondence Axiom -- 3.2. Consequences for phrase structure

3.3. Consequences for linear order4. Other theoretical assumptions -- 5. Summary -- Chapter II. Restrictive relative clauses -- 0. Introduction -- 1. The adjunct analysis -- 2. Kayne�s (1994) raising analysis -- 2.1. The DP hypothesis -- 2.2. The hypothesis of the external determiner -- 2.3. The raising of the relative “head� -- 3. Evidence for the external determiner -- 3.1. Licensing of a definite D° -- 3.2. Indefiniteness of the relative trace -- 3.3. Idiom chunks -- 3.4. Scope assignment under reconstruction -- 3.5. Floating quantifiers

3.6. An alternative analysis4. Evidence for raising -- 4.1. Idiomatic expressions -- 4.2. Predicate nominals -- 4.3. Reconstruction for binding -- 4.4. The problem of the trigger -- 5. A locality problem -- 5.1. Barriers -- 5.2. Head-to-head dependencies -- 5.3. Concluding remarks -- 6. Cross-linguistic evidence in favour of the raising analysis -- 6.1. Internally headed relative clauses -- 6.2. Superlatives and “degree� relative clauses -- 7. Summary and open questions -- Chapter III. The syntax of relative determiners -- 0. Introduction

1. A mixed analysis: �farli (1994)2. Relative pronouns as determiners -- 2.1. The trigger of raising -- 2.2. Movement of DP/PP -- 2.3. The raising of the NP “head� -- 2.4. Omission of the relative determiner -- 2.5. A morphosyntactic problem -- 3. The non-definiteness of the relative DP -- 3.1. Empirical evidence -- 4. Some issues in the syntax of relative determiners -- 4.1. Correlative clauses -- 4.2. From correlatives to externally headed relatives -- 4.3. Inverse attraction -- 4.4. Case attraction -- 4.5. Postposition of the relative determiner

4.6. Concluding remarks5. The typology of relative determiners in the Indo-European languages -- 5.1. The correlative origin of relative pronouns -- 5.2. Relative pronouns as articles -- 5.3. The cycle of the definite article -- 5.4. Three types of relative determiner -- 6. Summary and open questions -- Chapter IV. A reconstruction asymmetry -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Reconstruction as a test for the raising of the “head� -- 2. Principle C effects -- 2.1. The exceptional behaviour of tonic pronouns -- 3. Principle A effects

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