Studies in Comparative Germanic Syntax

by Haider, Hubert

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Full title :Studies in Comparative Germanic Syntax / edited by Hubert Haider, Susan Olsen, Sten Vikner.

Summary

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 languages and Germanic SOV languages, thus opening new perspectives on the field. Furthermore, non-Germanic languages like Bengali and Italian are also included in the discussion. Contributors: Josef Bayer; Giuliana Giusti; Hubert Haider; Jarich Hoekstra; Teun Hoekstra; Helen de Hoop; Richard Kayne; Wim Kosmeijer; Joan Maling; Gereon Müller; Ad Neeleman, Susan Olsen, Zvi Penner; Tanya Reinhart; Eric Reuland; Ian Roberts; Manuela Schönenberger; Rex Sprouse; Tarald Taraldsen; Sten Vikner.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer Netherlands
Place of Publication:Dordrecht
Language:eng
Publication Date:1995.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (v, 346 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789401584166, 9401584168
DOI:10.1007/978-94-015-8416-6
oclc:ocn851370217
LC Classification:P101-410
Dewey Decimal:410

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