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One of the fundamental properties of human language is movement, where a constituent moves from one position in a sentence to another position. Syntactic theory has long been concerned with properties of movement, including locality restrictions.Smuggling in Syntax investigates how different movement operations interact with one another, focusing on the special case of smuggling. First introduced by volume editor Chris Collins in 2005,
the term 'smuggling' refers to a specific type of movement interaction. The contributions in this volume each describe different areas where smuggling derivations play a role, including passives, causatives,
adverb placement, the dative alternation, the placement of measure phrases, wh-in-situ, and word order in ergative languages. The volume also addresses issues like the freezing constraint on movement and the acquisition of smuggling derivations by children.In this work, Adriana Belletti and Chris Collins bring together leading syntacticians to present a range of contributions on different aspects of smuggling. Tackling fundamental theoretical questions with empirical
consequences, this volume explores one of the least understood types of movement and points the way toward new research.
One of the fundamental properties of human language is movement, where a constituent moves from one position in a sentence to another position. Syntactic theory has long been concerned with properties of movement, including locality restrictions.Smuggling in Syntax investigates how different movement operations interact with one another, focusing on the special case of smuggling. First introduced by volume editor Chris Collins in 2005,
the term 'smuggling' refers to a specific type of movement interaction. The contributions in this volume each describe different areas where smuggling derivations play a role, including passives, causatives,
adverb placement, the dative alternation, the placement of measure phrases, wh-in-situ, and word order in ergative languages. The volume also addresses issues like the freezing constraint on movement and the acquisition of smuggling derivations by children.In this work, Adriana Belletti and Chris Collins bring together leading syntacticians to present a range of contributions on different aspects of smuggling. Tackling fundamental theoretical questions with empirical
consequences, this volume explores one of the least understood types of movement and points the way toward new research.
1. Introduction by Adriana Belletti and Chris Collins
2. Ways of smuggling in Syntactic Derivations by Adriana
Belletti
3. Punctual Time Adverbials in Italian by Valentina Bianchi
4. On Smuggling, the Freezing Ban, Labels, and Tough-constructions
by Zeljko Boskovic
5. A Smuggling Approach to the Dative Alternation by Chris
Collins
6. On Measure Phrase Alternation and Smuggling by Norbert
Corver
7. Canonical and Reverse Predication in the Syntax of the
Active/Passive Diathesis Alternation by Marcel den Dikken
8. On the Syntax of the can't seem Construction in English by Hilda
Koopman
9. On Children's Late Acquisition of Raising seem and Control
promise by Victoria Mateu and Nina Hyams
10. Remnant Movement and Smuggling in Some Romance Interrogative
Clauses by Cecilia Poletto and Jean-Yves Pollock
11. Smuggling, Ergativity, and the Final-Over-Final Condition by
Ian Roberts
Adriana Belletti is Professor of Linguistics at the University of
Siena. Her main research has focused on generative comparative
morpho-syntax with special emphasis on Italian/Romance and on
different modes of language acquisition within a grammar-based
approach. Her publications include the co-authored volume The
Acquisition of Italian (2015) and with OUP the edited volume
Structures and Beyond (2004).
Chris Collins is Professor of Linguistics at New York University.
He is a syntactician with an interest in African languages,
including Ewe and the Khosian languages. His research focuses on
anaphora, argument structure, negation, and ellipsis. He has
written and edited multiple books, including most recently The
Linker in the Khoisan Languages (OUP 2019).
"Smuggling in Syntax brings together an impressive array of diverse
and enriching papers by authorities in the field who all
demonstrate convincingly the impact of smuggling as a component of
sentence derivation. With a range of languages represented, the
papers collected here combine empirical wealth with theoretical
depth. I am convinced that this volume will become a stimulating
source of inspiration for many."-Liliane Haegeman, Professor
Emerita,
University of Ghent
"The volume is an impressive collection of case studies documenting
the pervasive role of 'smuggling.' From its original application to
passive, smuggling is convincingly shown here to play a crucial
role in such diverse domains as causatives, tough-movement, dative
alternations, the can't seem construction and still others. A
striking step forward in our comprehension of syntactic
derivations." -- Guglielmo Cinque, Ca' Foscari University,
Venice
"An idea of growing importance to syntactic theory, smuggling has
yielded an explosion of exciting research. Collected here is some
of the best." -- William Snyder, University of Connecticut
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