附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-403) and index.
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. Studies in Linguistics""; ""1. A Paradox in English Syntax""; ""2. A Putatively Banned Type of Raising""; ""3. A New Raising Mystery""; ""4. Chromaticity: An Overlooked English Grammatical Category Distinction""; ""5. The Structure of One Type of American English Vulgar Minimizer""; ""6. The Openness of Natural Languages""; ""Part II. Studies of Junk Linguistics""; ""7. Junk Syntax 1: A Supposed Account of Strong Crossover Effects""
""8. Junk Syntax 2: “There Remain a Few As Yet Unexplained Exceptions�""""9. Junk Ethics 1: Advances in Linguistic Rhetoric""; ""10. Junk Refereeing: Our Tax Dollars at Work""; ""11. Junk Ethics 2: The Most Irresponsible Passage""; ""12. Junk Reasoning 1: If It Doesn�t Follow Automatically, Then It�s Pretty Much Got to at Least Virtually Follow, and If Not, Don�t Worry; It Is Still Unquestionably Natural""; ""13. Junk Reasoning 2: �(Virtually) Conceptually Necessary�""; ""14. Junk Linguistics: The Bottom Line""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""
摘要:This volume consists of an introduction and two groups of essays by Paul M. Postal, each with a connecting theme. The first, positive group of papers, contains five previously unpublished studies of English syntax. These include a long study of so-called ""locative inversion, "" two investigations related to raising to non-subject status, an argument for the existence of a hitherto ignored nominal grammatical category and a study of vulgar negative polarity items. Each investigation of specific English details is argued to have significant theoretical consequences. The second, negative group of.
