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Boundaries, Phases and Interfaces: Case studies in honor of Violeta Demonte
Edited by Olga Fernández-Soriano, Elena Castroviejo Miró and Isabel Pérez-Jiménez
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 239] 2017
► pp. 1–24

Introduction

Boundaries, phases and interfaces

| Ikerbasque and UPV/EHU
| Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
| Universidad de Alcalá
Article outline
  • 1.Boundaries: cycles and phases
    • 1.1Phases and grammatical theory
    • 1.2The propositional nature of phases. From phases to interfaces
  • 2.Syntax and its interfaces
    • 2.1The Syntax-Phonology interface
    • 2.2The Syntax-Semantics interface
    • 2.3The Syntax-Discourse interface
    • 2.4The Lexicon-Syntax interface
    • 2.5The Syntax-Morphology interface
  • 3.Interfaces meet phases (and the other way around)
    • 3.1.The left periphery
    • 3.2Parameters
    • 3.3(In)Definiteness
    • 3.4Tense, aspect, and modality
  • 4.Structure of the book
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 14 June 2017
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