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Phi-features and the modular architecture of language
This monograph investigates the modular architecture of language through the nature of 'uninterpretable' phi-features: person, number, gender, and Case. It provides new tools and evidence for the modular architecture of the human language faculty, a foundational topic of linguistic researc...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer,
©2011.
Dordrecht : [2011] |
Series: | Studies in natural language and linguistic theory ;
v. 81. |
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1 online resource (xvii, 326 pages). |
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Online Access: | SpringerLink - Click here for access |
Contents:
- PHI-FEATURES AND THE MODULAR ARCHITECTUREOF LANGUAGE; Modularity, Phi-Features, and Repairs; Phi-Features in Realizational Morphology; Person Hierarchy Interactions in Syntax; Person Case Constraint Repairs in French; Repairs and Uninterpretable Features; Phi in Syntax and Phi Interpretation; Language Index; Subject Index.