{"product_id":"9780792326496","title":"Case, Scope, and Binding","description":"\u003ch3\u003eStudies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCase, Scope, and Binding\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eM. Bittner\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eCase, Scope, and Binding\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the relation  between syntax and semantics within a framework which combines the  syntactic Government-Binding theory with a novel cross-linguistic  theory of case and semantics. It is argued that case assignment,  agreement, syntactic binding relations, as well as the minimum scopes  of operators, are all determined by the relations which hold at the  level of s-structure. Cross-linguistic variation with respect to these  phenomena is due to corresponding variations at the s-structure level.  The minimum scope of an operator cannot exceed its c-command domain at  s-structure, but may be reduced by certain semantic mechanisms. The  availability of any wider scope option depends on the possibility of  movement at LF. The proposed theory is tested in detail against the  facts of Inuit (Eskimo-Aleut family), an ergative language with  typologically unusual scope and binding relations. \u003cbr\u003e  For linguists and philosophers interested in syntax, semantics, or the  syntax-semantics interface.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31 December 1993\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Netherlands\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780792326496\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e205\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50803393134732,"sku":"9780792326496","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792326496.jpg?v=1781751566","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792326496","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}