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The null subject has always been central to linguistic theory, because it tells us a great deal about the underlying structure of language in the human brain, and about the interface between syntax and semantics. Null subjects exist in languages such as Italian, Chinese, Russian and Greek where the subject of a sentence can be tacitly implied, and is understood from the context. In this systematic overview of null subjects, José Camacho reviews the key notions of null subject analyses over the past 30 years and encompasses the most recent findings and developments. He examines a balance of data on a range of languages with null subjects and also explores how adults and children acquire the properties of null subjects. This book provides an accessible and original account of null subject phenomena, ideal for graduate students and academic researchers interested in syntax, semantics and language typology.

Grammar --- Grammaire générative --- Théorie du gouvernement et du liage (linguistique) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Null subject. --- Null subject --- Government-binding theory (Linguistics) --- Grammaire générative. --- Principles and parameters (Linguistics) --- Generative grammar --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Linguistics --- Philology

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Work on the movement of phrasal categories has been a central element of syntactic theorising almost since the earliest work on generative grammar. However, work on the movement of lexical elements, heads, has flourished only in recent years, stimulated originally by Chomsky's Empty Category Principle, and later by the work of Travis, Baker and Pollock. Parallel to these theoretical concerns, much attention has been focused on the description of verb-second languages and on the movement operations which place the verb in its 'second' position. This volume represents the latest work in an important field, from some of its leading researchers, and puts forward many ideas about relevant principles and parameters of Universal Grammar. It will have a significant impact on its field.

Generative grammar --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Grammaire --- --Verbe --- --Grammaire générative --- --Syntaxe --- --Syntax --- 801.56 --- Grammar, Generative --- Grammar, Transformational --- Grammar, Transformational generative --- Transformational generative grammar --- Transformational grammar --- Psycholinguistics --- 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Verb --- Language and languages --- Syntax --- Derivation --- Verb phrase --- Verbals --- Reflexives --- English language --- Grammar --- Grammar [Comparative and general ] --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Generative grammar. --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Verb. --- Syntax. --- Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax --- Verbe --- Grammaire générative --- Syntaxe --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax

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Syntax: Basic Concepts and Applications provides a systematic introduction to core topics in syntax, focusing on how the basic concepts apply in the analysis of sentences. Assuming no background in linguistic analysis, the book gives students a working knowledge of syntactic analysis from a minimalist perspective. Step by step it explains the fundamentals of phrase structure, movement and deletion. Well-placed exercises throughout reinforce and extend the concepts and analyses presented in the text, allowing readers to gain understanding of progressively complex issues at a comfortable pace. Much of the data comes from English, but crucial examples are also drawn from a range of other languages, including Russian, Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish, Irish, Welsh and Greek.

Grammar --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Generative grammar. --- Syntaxe --- Grammaire générative --- Syntax. --- Linguistique --- Syntagmatique --- Études comparatives --- Grammaire générative --- Études comparatives. --- Language and languages --- Syntax --- Grammar, Generative --- Grammar, Transformational --- Grammar, Transformational generative --- Transformational generative grammar --- Transformational grammar --- Psycholinguistics --- Derivation --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax