Phrase Structure and Directionality in Irish.

Ernst, Thomas

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ERIC Number: EJ467113

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Publication Date: 1992

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Phrase Structure and Directionality in Irish.

Ernst, Thomas

Journal of Linguistics, v28 n2 p415-43 Sep 1992

Evidence from Irish is presented to show that a language may be marked so that Spec position is located on one side of the head, and all nonspecifiers, at both levels of phrase structure, occur on the other. It is concluded that Irish requires adjuncts to conform to head-initiality. (Contains 50 references.) (LB)

Descriptors: Adverbs, Foreign Countries, Irish, Linguistic Theory, Phrase Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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