Adverbs and Functional Heads: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective

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Adverbs and Functional Heads: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective is a seminal syntactic study by Guglielmo Cinque that argues for a richly articulated hierarchy of functional projections to explain the distribution of adverbs and related elements across languages.

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instanceOf book
linguistics monograph
syntactic study
academicDiscipline cognitive science
humanities
approach comparative syntax
cross-linguistic comparison
author Guglielmo Cinque NERFINISHED
contribution argument for richly articulated functional structure in the clause
evidence for a fixed ordering of adverb classes
proposal of a universal hierarchy of adverb positions
support for universal functional sequence (fseq)
field generative grammar
syntax
theoretical linguistics
focusesOn distribution of adverbs in different languages
ordering of adverb classes relative to the verb phrase
relationship between adverbs and functional projections
framework Minimalist Program NERFINISHED
Principles and Parameters NERFINISHED
hasKeyConcept cross-linguistic stability of adverb positions
fine-grained functional structure above the verb phrase
rigid ordering of functional heads
universal hierarchy of adverbials
influenced cartography of syntactic structures
research on adverb placement
studies of clause structure in generative grammar
language English
mainTopic adverbs
clausal structure
cross-linguistic variation
functional heads
methodology theory-driven syntactic analysis
use of data from multiple languages
notableFor empirical support from many unrelated languages
systematic classification of adverb types
placeOfPublication New York NERFINISHED
Oxford NERFINISHED
publisher Oxford University Press
relatedTo Universal Grammar NERFINISHED
clause structure hierarchy
functional categories
theory cartographic approach to syntax
hierarchy of functional projections
usedIn graduate courses in syntax
research on cross-linguistic adverb placement

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