Preface
Introduction
1. HPSG: A System of Signs
The Structure of Sign
Some Formal Properties of HPSG Feature Structures
The Linguitic Application of Feature Structure Descriptions
Phrase Signs and Principles of Universal Grammar
Immediate Dominance Schemata
Determiners, Quantifiers and Quantifier Storage
Possessives
Adjuncts
Conclusion
2. Agreement
Two Views of Agreement
Problems for Derivation-Based Agreement Theories
How Syntactic Is English Agreement?
Agreement In English
Further Issues
Bybrid Agreement
Conclusion
3. Complement Structures
Introduction
Category Selection and Small Clauses
Stowell Structures
Unsaturated Complements
Equi and Raising
Expletive Pronoun Constructions
Raised Expletives
Conclusion
4. Unbounded Dependency Constructions
Introduction
Filler-Gap Constructions
Tough Constructions
The Trace Principle
Parasitic Gaps
More On Island Constraints
Conclusion
5. Relative Clauses
Introduction
English Relative Clauses
Relative-Correlative Constructions
Internally Headed Relative Clauses
Conclusion
6. Binding Theory
Introduction
The Binding Theory of Chomsky 1986a
Problems for Chomsky's Binding Theory
Binding Theory and Expletive Pronouns
The Facts Explained
Nonsyntactic Factors in the Distribution of Exempt Anaphors
Alternatives
Conclusion
7. Complement Control
Introduction
The Semantic Nature of Controller Assignment
The Realization Controllers: Manzini's and Vesser's Generalizations
Complement Coercion
Control Theory and Coerced Complements
Conclusion
8. Aspects of Interpretation
Introduction
Quantificational Content and Nuclear Content
Modifiers Revisited
Contextual information
Some Analytic Alternatives
Conclusion
9. Reflections and Revisions
Introduction
On Borsley's Arguments From English
The SUBJ/COMPS Distinction in the Analysis of Welsh
The Status of Specifiers
Extraction Revisited
Inversion Revisited
Classifying Headed Structures
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index of Names
Index of Languages
Index of Subjects
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