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Morphology-driven syntax : a theory of V to I raising and pro-drop /

This book argues that syntactic parameters are set in a principled fashion on the basis of overt functional morphology. The main focus of the book is on the different positions of the finite verb in the Germanic SVO languages. In addition, other syntactic phenomena (null subjects, transitive expleti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rohrbacher, Bernhard Wolfgang
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©1999.
Colección:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 15.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • MORPHOLOGY-DRIVEN SYNTAX; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; CHAPTER 2. Verb Movement in the Germanic Languages; CHAPTER 3. Agreement Morphology in the Syntax and the Lexicon; CHAPTER 4. Diachronic Germanic Syntax and the Full Paradigm; CHAPTER 5. Beyond Verb Movement in the Germanic VO Languages; CHAPTER 6. Conclusions; Bibliography; Subject Index; LINGUISTIK AKTUELL/LINGUISTICS TODAY.