William D Davies

Objects and Other Subjects: Grammatical Functions, Functional Categories and Configurationality - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory William D Davies Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index; Also avail. in cloth; Papers presented at a workshop held July 1999 at the LSA Linguistic Institute, Urbana-Champagne, Ill. Table of Contents: List of Contributors. Foreword. Acknowledgements. Part I: Overview. 1. Remarks on Grammatical Functions in Transformational Syntax; W. D. Davies, S. Dubinsky. 2. Phrase Structure as a Representation of Primitive' Grammatical Relations; M. C. Baker. 3. Grammatical Functions, Thematic Roles, and Phrase Structure: Their Underlying Disunity; F. J. Newmeyer. 4. Is Case Another Name for Grammatical Function? Evidence from Object Asymmetries; A. Alsina. Part II: Objects. 5. Subjects, Objects, and the EPP; H. Lasnik. Derived Objects in Malagasy; L. deMena Travis. Part III: Subjects. 7. The Distribution of Subject Properties in Irish; J. McCloskey. The EPP in Spanish; G. Goodall. On Predication and the Status of Subjects in Niuean; D. Massam. 10. Functional Architecture and the Distribution of Subject Properties; W. D. Davies, S. Dubinsky. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

Contributor Bio:  Davies, W D W. D. Davies was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Emeritus Professor of Christian Origins, Duke University. Contributor Bio:  Dubinsky, Stanley Stanley Dubinsky is Professor of Linguistics at the University of South Carolina. His primary areas of research are syntax, semantics and linguistic theory.