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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| Adverbs and Functional Heads: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adverbs and Functional Heads: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective Context triple: [Guglielmo Cinque, hasNotableWork, Adverbs and Functional Heads: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective]
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Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics
Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics is a collected volume of influential articles by linguist Zellig Harris that helped shape the development of structural and early transformational approaches to language analysis.
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Principles and Parameters Theory
Principles and Parameters Theory is a framework in generative linguistics that explains how universal grammatical principles and language-specific parameter settings account for the diversity and acquisition of human languages.
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C.
Methods in Structural Linguistics
Methods in Structural Linguistics is a foundational 1951 work in linguistics that systematically develops the principles and procedures of structural (distributional) analysis of language.
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D.
Mathematical Structures of Language
Mathematical Structures of Language is a foundational work in mathematical linguistics that applies formal and algebraic methods to analyze the structure of natural languages.
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E.
Lectures on Government and Binding
Lectures on Government and Binding is a foundational book by Noam Chomsky that systematically presents the Government and Binding framework in generative syntax.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adverbs and Functional Heads: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective Target entity description: 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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A.
Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics
Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics is a collected volume of influential articles by linguist Zellig Harris that helped shape the development of structural and early transformational approaches to language analysis.
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B.
Principles and Parameters Theory
Principles and Parameters Theory is a framework in generative linguistics that explains how universal grammatical principles and language-specific parameter settings account for the diversity and acquisition of human languages.
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C.
Methods in Structural Linguistics
Methods in Structural Linguistics is a foundational 1951 work in linguistics that systematically develops the principles and procedures of structural (distributional) analysis of language.
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D.
Mathematical Structures of Language
Mathematical Structures of Language is a foundational work in mathematical linguistics that applies formal and algebraic methods to analyze the structure of natural languages.
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E.
Lectures on Government and Binding
Lectures on Government and Binding is a foundational book by Noam Chomsky that systematically presents the Government and Binding framework in generative syntax.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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linguistics monograph ⓘ syntactic study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
cognitive science
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humanities ⓘ |
| approach |
comparative syntax
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cross-linguistic comparison ⓘ |
| author | Guglielmo Cinque ⓘ |
| contribution |
argument for richly articulated functional structure in the clause
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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
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syntax ⓘ theoretical linguistics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
distribution of adverbs in different languages
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ordering of adverb classes relative to the verb phrase ⓘ relationship between adverbs and functional projections ⓘ |
| framework |
Minimalist Program
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Principles and Parameters ⓘ
linked to:
Principles and Parameters Theory
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| hasKeyConcept |
cross-linguistic stability of adverb positions
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fine-grained functional structure above the verb phrase ⓘ rigid ordering of functional heads ⓘ universal hierarchy of adverbials ⓘ |
| influenced |
cartography of syntactic structures
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research on adverb placement ⓘ studies of clause structure in generative grammar ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
adverbs
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clausal structure ⓘ cross-linguistic variation ⓘ functional heads ⓘ |
| methodology |
theory-driven syntactic analysis
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use of data from multiple languages ⓘ |
| notableFor |
empirical support from many unrelated languages
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systematic classification of adverb types ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
New York
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Oxford ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Universal Grammar
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clause structure hierarchy ⓘ functional categories ⓘ |
| theory |
cartographic approach to syntax
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hierarchy of functional projections ⓘ |
| usedIn |
graduate courses in syntax
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research on cross-linguistic adverb placement ⓘ |
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