Studies in Comparative Germanic Syntax: Volume II

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This volume contains thirteen comparative studies on various aspects of Germanic syntax, as well as a general introduction to the field by the editors. In recent years, numerous important innovations in generative grammar have originated within the field of Germanic syntax. The various contributions to this volume demonstrate clearly how much the field has grown both in quantity and quality within the last decade. The topics investigated include the phrase structure of clauses and nominal phrases, morphological ...
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Overview

This volume contains thirteen comparative studies on various aspects of Germanic syntax, as well as a general introduction to the field by the editors. In recent years, numerous important innovations in generative grammar have originated within the field of Germanic syntax. The various contributions to this volume demonstrate clearly how much the field has grown both in quantity and quality within the last decade. The topics investigated include the phrase structure of clauses and nominal phrases, morphological and abstract case, binding, and different types of movement (verb movement, scrambling, object shift, extraposition, and topicalization). The studies often cut across the division between Germanic SVO (Subject, Verb, Object) languages and Germanic SOV (Subject, Object, Verb) languages, thus opening new perspectives on the field. Furthermore, non-Germanic languages like Bengali and Italian are also included in the discussion.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781402002946
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
  • Publication date: 11/28/2001
  • Series: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory Series , #38
  • Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 348
  • Product dimensions: 6.40 (w) x 9.22 (h) x 0.77 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 1
On the Origin of Sentential Arguments in German and Bengali 47
A Unified Structural Representation of (Abstract) Case and Article. Evidence from Germanic 77
Preposition Stranding and Resumptivity in West Germanic 95
To Have to Be Dative 119
Case and Scrambling: D-structure versus S-structure 139
Agreement and Verb Morphology in Three Varieties of English 159
Structural Case, Specifier-Head Relations, and the Case of Predicate NPs 167
Crossover Effects, Chain Formation, and Unambiguous Binding 187
Complex Predicates in Dutch and English 219
Pronouns, Anaphors and Case 241
Object Movement and Verb Movement in Early Modern English 269
Cross-Dialectal Variation in Swiss German: Doubling Verbs, Verb Projection Raising, Barrierhood, and LF Movement 285
On Agreement and Nominative Objects in Icelandic 307
List of Contributors 329
Language Index 331
Name Index 333
Subject Index 337
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