Hitherto, the three symmetric coordination types Phrasal Coordination, Right Node Raising, and Gapping have been mostly treated in isolation. This book presents a successful attempt at developing a uniform approach – couched in a transformational framework, but also applicable to other grammatical approaches.

But the account not only provides a common frame for coordination. In effect, it does away with the strict distinction between simplex and coordinate structures. The proposed approach – based on a natural extension to the classical X-scheme – is equally valid for both simplex and coordinate structures, and, thus, it presents a significant contribution to grammars of phrasal structures in general.

Rezensionen

• Johanessen, Janne Bondi (1998): Rezension von: Birgit Wesche, Symmetric Coordination. An Alternative Theory of Phrase Structure. In: Linguistische Berichte 173. Forschung, Information, Diskussion. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. S. 131-135.