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Verb movement and expletive subjects in the Germanic languages /
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 book applies the theory...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1995.
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| Colección: | Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 book applies the theory of Principles-and-Parameters to the study of comparative syntax. Several languages are considered, including less frequently discussed ones like Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and Yiddish |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 294 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1601299400 9781601299406 9780195359251 0195359259 9786610443604 6610443602 |