The grammar of repetition Nupe grammar at the syntax-phonology interface

Summary: Displacement is a fundamental property of grammar. Typically, when an occurrence moves it is pronounced in only one environment. This was previously viewed as a primitive/irreducible property of grammar. Recent work, however, suggests that it follows from principled interactions between the syntactic and phonological components of grammar. As such, the phonetic character of movement chains can be seen as both a reflection of and probe into the syntax-phonology interface. This volume deals with repetition, an atypical outcome of movement operations in which displaced elements are pronounced mul.

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ISBN: 9789027290656 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9027290652 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9789027255198 (hbk : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9027255199 (hb : alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xii, 168 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-159) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Grammar of Repetition; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Overview and orientation; Prefatory remarks on Nupe grammar; Bare root verbal repetition; Predicate cleft; Lower copy resumption; Repetition and beyond; References; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.