The Syntax Of Nonsententials: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

The Syntax of Nonsententials Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today (LA) provides a platform for original monograph studies into synchronic and diachronic linguistics. Studies in LA confront empirical and theoretical problems as these are currently discussed in syntax, semantics, morphology, phonology, and systematic pragmatics with the aim to establish robust empirical generalizations within a universalistic perspective. Series Editors Werner Abraham Elly van Gelderen University of Vienna Arizona State University Advisory Editorial Board Cedric Boeckx Ian Roberts Harvard University Cambridge University Guglielmo Cinque Ken Safir University of Venice Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ Günther Grewendorf Lisa deMena Travis J.W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt McGill University Liliane Haegeman Sten Vikner University of Lille, France University of Aarhus Hubert Haider C. Jan-Wouter Zwart University of Salzburg University of Groningen Christer Platzack University of Lund Volume 93 The Syntax of Nonsententials: Multidisciplinary perspectives Edited by Ljiljana Progovac, Kate Paesani, Eugenia Casielles and Ellen Barton The Syntax of Nonsententials Multidisciplinary perspectives Edited by Ljiljana Progovac Kate Paesani Eugenia Casielles Ellen Barton Wayne State University John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam / Philadelphia 8 TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The syntax of nonsententials : multidisciplinary perspectives / edited by Ljiljana Progovac, ... [et al.]. p. cm. (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, issn 0166–0829 ; v. 93) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax. 2. Language acquisition. 3. Pidgin languages. 4. Creole dialects. I. Progovac, Ljiljana. P291.S9577 2006 417´.22--dc22 isbn 90 272 3357 8 (Hb; alk. paper) 2006042931 © 2006 – John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. · P.O. Box 36224 · 1020 me Amsterdam · The Netherlands John Benjamins North America · P.O. Box 27519 · Philadelphia pa 19118-0519 · usa JB[v.20020404] Prn:16/08/2006; 12:42 F: LA93CO.tex / p.1 (48-105) Table of contents Preface ix Introduction Ljiljana Progovac, Kate Paesani, Eugenia Casielles, and Ellen Barton 1. Background: Defining and describing nonsententials 1 2. Goals of the current volume 4 3. Volume overview 6 chapter 1 Toward a nonsentential analysis in generative grammar Ellen Barton 1. Introduction 11 2. Early arguments for an ellipsis analysis 12 3. Early arguments for a nonsentential analysis 17 4. Mixed analyses 21 5. Data and sentential/nonsentential analyses in Minimalism 6. Conclusion 27 11 25 chapter 2 The syntax of nonsententials: Small clauses and phrases at the root Ljiljana Progovac 1. Introduction 33 2. Outline of the proposed analysis 37 3. Sentence and Tense 42 4. Noun Phrase, Determiners, and Case 45 5. Small clauses in current syntactic theory 52 6. Tense, Time, assertion, and the role of context 54 7. Conclusion 61 chapter 3 “Small structures”: A sententialist perspective Jason Merchant 1. Introduction 73 2. Fragment answers 74 1 33 73 JB[v.20020404] Prn:16