Simin Karimi (ed.)

Word Order and Scrambling

Herausgeber: Karimi, Simin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Word Order and Scrambling introduces readers to recent research into the linguistic phenomenon called scrambling. The contributions, from some of the leading authorities in the field, explore major issues including the factors responsible for word order variations, how the scrambled constructions are processed, and whether these variations are available in early child language development and in second language acquisition. The book discusses a number of typologically diverse languages including Persian, Japanese, and Navajo, and provides enlightening information on different aspects of word order variation and the consequences for our understanding of the nature of human language. Word Order and Scrambling is a valuable contribution to the fields of theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and applied linguistics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 173mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 744g
• ISBN-13: 9780631233282
• ISBN-10: 0631233288
• Artikelnr.: 22458168

Autorenporträt

Simin Karimi is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. She is on the editorial board of the journal Linguistic Analysis and has published widely in journals such as Linguistic Inquiry, The Linguistic Review, and Lexicology.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix

Notes on Contributors x

Introduction by Simin Karimi xiii

1 Topic and Focus Scope Positions in Navajo 1
Kenneth Hale, Eloise Jelinek, and MaryAnn Willie

2 Argument Scrambling, Operator Movement, and Topic Movement inHungarian 22
Katalin E. Kiss

3 Grammatical Relations in Tohono O'odham: an InstrumentalPerspective 44
Mizuki Miyashita, Richard Demers, and Delbert Ortiz

4 Bare Nominals: Non-Specific and Contrastive Readings underScrambling 67
Veneeta Dayal

5 On Object Positions, Specificity, and Scrambling in Persian91
Simin Karimi

6 Scrambling, Subscrambling, and Case in Turkish 125
Jaklin Kornfilt

7 Does Russian Scrambling Exist? 156
John Frederick Bailyn

8 A-Movement Scrambling and Options without Optionality177
Shigeru Miyagawa

9 Scrambling in Dutch: Optionality and Optimality 201
Helen de Hoop

10 Word Order and (Remnant) VP Movement 217
Anoop Mahajan

11 Non-Canonical Word Order: Topic and Focus in Adult and ChildTamil 238
Vaijayanthi Sarma

12 L2 Acquisition of Japanese: Knowledge and Use of CaseParticles in SOV and OSV Sentences 273
Noriko Iwasaki

13 Scrambling and Processing: Dependencies, Complexity, andConstraints 301
Irina A. Sekerina

14 WH-Movement versus Scrambling: the Brain Makes a Difference325
Angela D. Friederici, Matthias Schlesewsky, and Christian J.Fiebach

References 345

Index 368

Rezensionen

"This collection provides thought-provoking material which willstimulate much future research. Perhaps the most fundamentalquestion, addressed in the first six chapters, is the nature of therelation between scrambling and pragmatic features ... The issuesraised in the book are important for any theory of syntax, languageacquisition and/or the syntax-pragmatics interface."Linguistics

"This volume represents well the depth and the scope of currentresearch on scrambling. It illustrates the rich and diversephenomena the term 'scrambling' covers and shows nicelythat they provide a wealth of information for the development oflinguistic theory." Mamoru Saito, NanzanUniversity

"I highly recommend this volume to anyone interested in issueson word order, particularly issues related to the 'free wordorder' phenomena sometimes collectively called'scrambling'. The book is an impressive collection ofpapers over a wide range of topics on word order in a number oftypologically diverse languages, viewed mainly from syntax andsemantics, but also incorporating insights from languageacquisition and brain imaging." Naoki Fukui, SophiaUniversity