Particles and Projections in Irish Syntax

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1: Theoretical Issues.
• 1.1 Explaining Syntactic Universals and Syntactic Variation.
• 1.2 Constraints on Phrase-Structure.
• 1.3 Conditions on Movement: Deriving Locality.
• 1.4 Motivating Syntactic Movement.
• 1.5 Summary.
• 2: Movement and Mutation Processes In Modern Irish.
• 2.0 Introduction.
• 2.1 The Scope of Verb-Movement in Irish.
• 2.2 Unpacking INFL: The Preverbal Particle System.
• 2.3 Mutation in Copular Constructions.
• 2.4 Summary.
• 3: Conspicuous Absences: Mutation & Extraction In Negated Contexts.
• 3.0 Introduction.
• 3.1 The Problem of Gan: Mutation And Extraction.
• 3.2 Relative Clauses, Narrative Fronting and Topicalization in Irish.
• 3.3 Conclusion.
• 4: Visible Arguments: Theta-Government And Case In Ulster Irish.
• 4.0 Introduction.
• 4.1 Deriving SOVX word order.
• 4.2 Theta-marking and Extraction in Progressive Contexts.
• 4.3 Non-Finite Word-Order and Object Agreement in Southern Dialects.
• 4.4 Summary.
• 5: Irish Noun Phrases.
• 5.0 Introduction.
• 5.1 Construct State Nominals and DP Projections.
• 5.2 Summary.
• References.
• Index of Names and Subjects.