Dynamic Antisymmetry and the Syntax of Noun Incorporation [Paperback]

This innovative analysis of noun incorporation and related linguistic phenomena does more than just give readers an insightful exploration of its subject. The author re-evaluatesand forges links betweentwo influential theories of phrase structure: Chomskys Bare Phrase Structure and Richard Kaynes Antisymmetry. The text details how the two linguistic paradigms interact to cause differing patterns of noun incorporation across world languages. With a solid empirical foundation in its close reading of Northern Iroquoian languages especially, Barrie argues that noun incorporation needs no special mechanism, but results from a symmetry-breaking operation.

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Drawing additional data from English, German, Persian, Tamil and the Polynesian language Niuean, this synthesis has major implications for our understanding of the formation of the verbal complex and the intra-position (roll-up) movement. It will be priority reading for students of phrase structure, as well as Iroquoian language scholars.

Focusing on Northern Iroquoian languages that straddle the Canadian-American border, this insightful synthesis of the influential linguistic theories of Noam Chomsky and Richard Kayne shows how noun incorporation results from a symmetry-breaking operation.

Dynamic Antisymmetry and the Syntax of Noun Incorporation . Introduction . Outlook and Goals . Noun Incorporation . Properties of NI . On the Syntactic Nature of NI . Conclusion and Outline of Book .- Theoretical Background . A Bit of History of Phrase Structure . Bare Phrase Structure . Antisymmetry . Head Movement . Alternative Accounts of Linearization . Demerge and Concatenate: SOV as Underlying Order . Parameterized Order . Departures from LCA . Conclusion .- Unifying Antisymmetry and Bare Phrase Structure . The Problem of Mutual C-command . Previous Accounts . Guimar?es (2000) and Self-Merge . Nunes and Uriagereka (2000) . Richards (2lÃ-