Dynamic Antisymmetry and the Syntax of Noun Incorporation

Dynamic Antisymmetry and the Syntax of Noun Incorporation . Introduction . Outlook and Goals . Noun Incorporation . Properties of NI . On the Syntactic Nature of NI . Conclusion and Outline of Book .- Theoretical Background . A Bit of History of Phrase Structure . Bare Phrase Structure . Antisymmetry . Head Movement . Alternative Accounts of Linearization . Demerge and Concatenate: SOV as Underlying Order . Parameterized Order . Departures from LCA . Conclusion .- Unifying Antisymmetry and Bare Phrase Structure . The Problem of Mutual C-command . Previous Accounts . Guimarães (2000) and Self-Merge . Nunes and Uriagereka (2000) . Richards (2001) . Conclusion .- The LCA and BPS .- Proposal .- Alternatives to Complement-to-Spec Roll-up . Spec-to-Spec Movement and Romance Clitics . Avoidance of the Initial Merger Problem . Linearization and Late Insertion . Summary .- Noun Incorporation in Northern Iroquoian . Northern Iroquoian Languages . Clause Structure of Northern Iroquoian . Nominal Structure in Northern Iroquoian . Patterns of NI in Northern Iroquoian . Productivity of NI . Nominal Roots . Analysis . Previous Analyses . NI As Phrasal Movement . Properties of Iroquoian NI . NI IN Ditransitives . NI and Overt DPs . Conclusion .- Noun Incorporation and its Kind in Other Languages . The Structure of Nominals and V/IN Order . NI in Sierra Popoluca . English Gerunds . Description of NI in English Gerunds . German Progressives . Persian "Long Infinitive" Constructions . Tamil Noun Incorporation and Coordination . Adverb Incorporation in Blackfoot . Conclusion .- V+N Order . Polynesian Pseudo Noun Incorporation . The Structure of Niuean . Pseudo Noun Incorporation . Postlude on Tukang Besi . Romance Compounds . Description of V+N Compounds . Mapudungun . Upriver Halkomelem . Conclusion .- Conclusion . Summary . Limitations . Conclusions and Implications .-Subject Index