The Syntax and Semantics of Split Constructions : A Comparative Study

Split constructions are very widespread in natural languages.

The separation of the semantic restriction of a quantifier from that quantifier is a typical example of such a construction.

This study addresses the problem that such discontinuous strings exhibit a number of locality constraints, including intervention effects.

These are shown to follow from the interaction of a minimalist syntax with a semantics that directly assigns a model theoretic interpretation to syntactic logical forms.

The approach is shown to have wide empirical coverage and a conceptual simplicity.

The book should be of interest to scholars and advanced students of syntax and semantics.