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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rezac, Milan
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, ©2011.
Dordrecht : [2011]
Series:Studies in natural language and linguistic theory ; v. 81.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 326 pages).
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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.

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