Verb Movement and Expletive Subjects in the Germanic Languages.

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This book is the study of two different kinds of variation across the Germanic languages. One involves the position of the finite verb, and the other the possible positions of the ""logical"" subject in constructions with expletive (or ""dummy"") subjects. The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vikner, Sten
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Colección:Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
Temas:
Germanic languages > Verb phrase.
Germanic languages > Syntax.
Germanic languages > Subjectless constructions.
Generative grammar.
Government-binding theory (Linguistics)
Langues germaniques > Syntagme verbal.
Langues germaniques > Syntaxe.
Langues germaniques > Impersonnels.
Grammaire générative.
Théorie du liage et du gouvernement (Linguistique)
Generative grammar
Germanic languages > Syntax
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. PRELIMINARIES; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 The Germanic languages; 1.3 Language acquisition and the theory of UG; 2. Relativised Minimality; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A-bar-movement; 2.3 A-movement; 2.4 X°-movement; 2.5 Restrictions on movement; II. VERB MOVEMENT; 3. Verb Second; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Verb second-movement of the finite verb into C°; 3.3 Verb second variations; 3.4 Verb second explanations; 3.5 Conclusion; 4. Verb Second in Embedded Clauses; 4.1 Verb second preceded by a complementiser; 4.2 Three alternative analyses of general embedded V2; 4.3 V1 declaratives.
  • 4.4 Relative positions of the subject and the sentential adverbial4.5 Object shift; 4.6 Subject-verb agreement; 4.7 Adverbial adjunction to IP but not to CP; 4.8 Extraction from the embedded clause; 4.9 Embedded clauses introduced by which-that or if-that; 4.10 Embedded V2 in Danish: CP-recursion or topicalisation to AgrP-spec?; 4.11 Conclusion; 5. V°-to-I° Movement; 5.1 Inflection; 5.2 I°-VP languages with V°-to-I° movement; 5.3 I°-VP languages without V°-to-I° movement; 5.4 VP-I° languages; 5.5 Connection between V2 and V°-to-I° movement; 5.6 Conclusion; III. EXPLETIVE SUBJECTS.
  • 6. NP-Positions in Expletive Constructions6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Licensing of IP-spec by C° or by I°; 6.3 Licensing of VP-spec; 6.4 Licensing of the complement of V°; 6.5 Licensing of IP-spec by a main V°; 6.6 Alternative analyses; 6.7 Conclusion; 7. Expletive Subjects and Quasi-Arguments; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 It, there, and case assignment; 7.3 Raising constructions; 7.4 Conclusion; 8. Conclusion; 8.1 Summary; 8.2 Last words; References; Language Index; A; B; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; M; N; O; P; R; S; W; Y; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.
  • Subject IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.

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