"Island contraints " revisited: a functionalist approach in light of the notion of "idea unit"
This paper introduces a functionalist approach to structures of the “island constraints” type, thus named by Ross (1967) within a generative perspective. We will show that the restrictions those islands impose on the occurrence of constituents in certain structural positions is due to their function...
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| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal Fluminense
2006-12-01
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| Series: | Gragoatá |
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| Online Access: | http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/305 |