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Studies on Old High German syntax : left sentence periphery, verb placement and verb-second /

This monograph is the first book-length study on Old High German syntax from a generative perspective in twenty years. It provides an in-depth exploration of the Old High German pre-verb-second grammar by answering the following questions: To what extent did generalized verb movement exist in Old Hi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Axel, Katrin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Colección:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 112.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This monograph is the first book-length study on Old High German syntax from a generative perspective in twenty years. It provides an in-depth exploration of the Old High German pre-verb-second grammar by answering the following questions: To what extent did generalized verb movement exist in Old High German? Was there already obligatory XP-movement to the left periphery in declarative root clauses? What deviations from the linear verb-second restriction are attested and what do such phenomena reveal about the structure of the left sentence periphery? Did verb placement play the same role in s.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 363 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-358) and index.
ISBN:9789027291981
9027291985
1282152637
9781282152632
9786612152634
661215263X