Clausal architecture and subject positions : impersonal constructions in the Germanic languages /
This book offers a comparative study of the Germanic languages. It promotes a new approach to the OV vs. VO classification, according to which all clauses have a universal base where the internal argument is always merged in SpecVP. Word order differences and their correlates result from an interact...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub.,
©2005.
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Colección: | Linguistik aktuell ;
Bd. 88. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Clausal Architecture and Subject Positions; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Acknowledgements; I. Introduction; II. Clausal architecture and the EPP; 1. Subject positions and the EPP: the evolution of the two concepts; 2. The EPP and the Extension Condition; 3. Clause structure; 4. Checking; 5. The 'universal EPP' on T; 6. Summary; III. Impersonal constructions and subject positions; 7. The constructions to be discussed and previous accounts; 8. The derivation of presentational sentences and impersonal passives; 9. Constructions involving quasi-arguments (or not); 10. Summary.