In:New Insights into Theoretical Syntax from Asian Languages: Studies in honor of C.-T. James Huang
Edited by Andrew Simpson
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 290] 2026
► pp. 487–489
Index
Published online: 15 January 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.290.index
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.290.index
A
- A-not-A questions 262–279
- A-not-A construal 266, 270, 272, 274–276
- A-not-A operator 268–269
- aboutness
86–90, 99–100, 111
- ~ condition 46–47, 52
- accusative 55, 100, 170–171, 192–195, 304, 313, 317, 328, 342, 357
- activation condition 158, 160–161, 180
- adjunct condition 50, 53, 80, 110–111
- adverb 121, 166, 263, 265–268, 273, 275
- adverbial 111, 122, 210, 246, 272, 308, 316, 432, 473, 479
- affixation 292–293, 382
- agentivity 307–309, 317
- A-movement 97–99, 105, 107, 325–326, 333–338
- Amis 363–364, 367
- analyticity 380–403
- anti-labeling property/device 166–168
- anti-locality 340–341
- applicative 348–350, 356–358, 361, 365–372
- argument ellipsis 118–154, 158–181, 183–206
- argument structure 77, 315, 318, 348, 472
- article 224–225, 383, 436–456
- aspect 231–238, 244–245, 250, 254–256, 272, 348, 356–366, 385, 388–390
- assertion 263, 270
- asymmetry 90, 479
- Austronesian voice 322–343, 348–372
B
- bare phrase structure 90, 93, 106
- blocking effect 126, 146, 264, 266–267, 272–273
C
- Cantonese 298–299, 390, 449
- Cartographic Approach 270, 277
- cartography 101, 263, 271
- case feature sharing 159, 166, 172, 174–180
- case licensing 324–325, 334–342, 350–351, 357, 468
- categorizer83
- classifier 387, 399–400, 431, 436–456
- clausemate effect 60, 64–65, 69–77
- cleft constructions 60–76, 98, 190–192, 199–201
- complex NP constraint 50, 53, 195
- composite probe 337, 339, 341
- concatenation 10, 18–24, 27–30
- Condition C 12, 14, 27, 330–332, 338, 341, 475–478
- conceptual-intentional system 43, 91
- Condition on Extraction Domain (CED) 80–111
- conservativity227
- copular 84, 421, 460, 473
D
- dabufen (most) 210, 219
- definiteness 85, 94–95, 239, 246, 357, 363, 387, 447–453
- deontic modal 264, 267
- definite DP 213, 223–227, 358
- demonstrative 132–134, 224–226, 288, 466
- discourse-given95
- discourse-oriented 35–36, 57
- dou 210–227
- downward entailment 224–227
- được 230–259
- dynamic modal 264, 267, 271, 275
E
- edge feature
84, 108
- ellipsis: NP-ellipsis 159, 168, 175, 200–201
- TP-ellipsis189
- VP-ellipsis 120–122, 168, 183–189, 203, 277
- Empty Category Principle (ECP)307
- empty pronoun analysis185
- epistemic adverb267
- epistemic modal 264–267, 272, 275, 285, 289
- event structure 19, 27–28, 348, 350, 358, 367, 373
- evidential adverb 265, 273, 276
- existential construction 99, 214, 223, 448
- exocentricity80
- expletive99
- external argument 83, 102, 145, 164, 188, 312, 358, 364, 368
- Extended Projection Principle (EPP) 98–101, 165, 167, 248, 381
- External Merge (EM) 19, 43, 60, 66, 82, 92
- extraposition 9–18, 27–30, 250–252, 482
F
- feature inheritance361
- feature movement 262–263, 271–274, 278
- feature sharing 44, 131, 158–159, 165–178
- Focus Criterion90
- Foc(us)P 251–252, 283–287
- FormCopy 104–105
- free Merge 35, 37, 43–44, 57, 107
- freezing 80, 97, 106–107
- frequency adverb 266–267, 272–275
- Full Interpretation 23, 91–92, 97, 110
- functional head 64, 80
G
- Generalized Predication (GP) 80–84, 90, 95–96, 105–106
- Generalized Quantifier Theory (GQT)216
- grammatical functions: mismatches in ~ 183, 189
- grammaticalization 303, 305, 314–318
H
- head movement 186, 235, 246, 271–274, 278, 342, 387, 391–395, 401–402
- headedness 98, 232
- hen duo (many) 212, 214, 219, 221–223
- hen shao (few) 214, 221–222
I
- IM-over-EM Condition 71–77
- inner A-not-A 263–277
- inner A-not-A morphology 271, 274–275
- inner-outer dichotomy 262–278
- interjection 286, 289
- internal argument (IA) 12, 27, 83, 85, 104, 165, 169, 187–188, 244, 332–339, 348, 368
- Internal Merge (IM) 19–20, 43–45, 82
- interrogative 100, 169, 270, 281, 298–299
- intervention effect 235, 246, 267–269, 295, 315–316
- island effects 37, 46–52, 76–77, 93, 102–103, 191, 262, 307, 331–332
- Italian 87, 107, 120, 128, 145, 165, 251
K
- Kenyah 323, 341
L
- labeling 19, 37, 43–49, 82, 91, 110, 159–180
- Last Resort 108, 369
- late merge 9–17, 28–31
- Lebo’ Vo’ 322–343
- left branch extraction198
- left periphery 263, 269–270, 275–278, 355–356, 372
- LF copy 161–162
- light verb 274–277, 370–371, 381, 396
- Linear Correspondence Axiom (LCA)109
- L-marking 82, 93
- l-syntax 292–294, 300
M
- Malayalam
- Mandarin 124, 158–159, 172–174, 179, 251
- manner adverb 266, 272, 390
- Markovian gap (M-gap)104
- Mayrinax Atayal 363, 367
- m-command106
- mei (every) 210–212, 222
- Merge: External ~
19, 43, 66, 82, 92
- pair-~ 10, 19, 83, 107
- Parallel ~ 19, 84; set-~ 87, 107–110
- metalinguistic negation 293–294
- minimal computation82
- minimal search 43–44, 71, 91–92, 110
- Minimal Yield66
- modal 51, 230–257, 264–267, 271–278, 285, 289, 390
- monotonicity216
- multidominance84
- multiple copy formation 60, 68–69, 75, 77
N
- N-complements 408–410, 415–416, 421, 432
- N’(NP) ellipsis 158–159, 168, 175, 200
- negative force 292, 295–300
- negative polarity items (NPIs) 89, 216, 224
- negative WHAT 281–300
- Nominal Mapping Parameter 438–456
- nominative 39–42, 44, 47,101, 105, 161, 178, 194–198, 324, 338, 348–350, 352, 358–370
- non-conventional merge 8–31
- non-endocentricity111
- nuclear scope 210–213, 216, 223–226
- Nuosu Yi 446–447, 451–455
- Nupe355
O
- obligatory control 67–68, 92, 104–105
- outer A-not-A 263–278
P
- Paiwan 348–362, 370
- parallel chain 351–352, 355
- parallelism condition 203–206
- parasitic gap 12, 24, 37, 54–57
- passives 195, 322–345
- perception verbs 192–193
- Phase Impenetrability Condition (PIC) 64, 108–109, 468
- phonological reduction 304–305, 309, 314–318
- plural 210, 224–227, 399, 436–456
- postverbal adjuncts 9, 13–18, 22–23, 30
- predicate-internal subject hypothesis 43, 83
- proper government 81–82, 93, 106
- psych predicates 394–395
- purposive phrase 305, 310–314, 318
- Puyuma 367–368
Q
- quantifier 94, 210–227, 278, 371, 381
- quotative expression 282, 284–296
- quotative complementizer 462–464, 479–480
R
- reason wh-adverb 303, 306, 315
- reason wh-adjunct 303–318
- reconstruction 12, 18, 43, 45, 53–57, 87, 92, 331–332, 338, 341, 412, 475–478, 483
- refutatory 282–283, 295
- relative clause 12–16, 22, 25–28, 35–57,218, 226, 293, 332, 365, 371, 407–432, 460–483
- Relativized Minimality 246, 263, 273, 278
- relator 90–91
- restrictor 210–227
- resumptive pronoun 53–56, 77, 410, 420, 431
- RHEMA Condition on Aboutness Propositions (RCAP) 84–92, 95, 99, 105, 111
- right dislocation 18, 23
- Right Roof Constraint; right roof effects 17–18, 29–30
- root 15–23, 29–31, 44
S
- scrambling 48, 60, 76, 100–103, 168, 173, 180
- Seediq 356, 362–364, 371
- Semantic bleaching 314–315, 318
- sentence-final particle 262, 281, 283, 290, 293–294, 258–259
- sideward movement 19–30, 62–70
- silent noun 291–292
- sloppy interpretation 118–224, 132–149, 153, 159, 172–174, 184–189, 203–206
- sluicing 168, 189–190
- specificity 85, 90, 94–95, 99, 106, 213, 239, 246, 357, 363
- speech act adverb 265–267, 274
- Strong Minimalist Hypothesis (SMT) 91–93, 106–110
- Subject Condition 93, 96–98, 106–110, 193, 196, 199, 46, 81
- surprising constituent 60–78
- symmetrical voice 322, 350
- Symmetrizing Syntax 80–116
T
- Tagalog 365–369
- telicity 363, 388, 391, 394, 399–401
- THEMA 84–110
- topic 35–57, 64, 87–90, 99–102, 126–132, 145
- tough-movement98
- Transfer 102, 105, 108
- tripartite structure210
- Tsou 355–356, 361–363
- Turkish 124, 144, 146, 172–173, 461–467, 481
- type-driven 438–442, 456
- type mismatch 440, 454–455
- type-theoretic453
U
- Uniformity Condition 71–78
V
- Vietnamese 230–257, 323, 326, 436
- vocative 285–289
- VP-fronting 230–257
- vP periphery 263, 270, 274
W
- weak head 159, 165, 107–108, 170–180
