Derivations and Evaluations : Object Shift in the Germanic Languages.

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This study shows that Scandinavian object shift and so-called A-scrambling in the continental Germanic languages are the same, and aims at providing an account of the variation that we find with respect to this phenomenon by combining certain aspects of the Minimalist Program and Optimality Theory....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Broekhuis, Hans
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2008.
Series:Studies in Generative Grammar, v. 97.
Subjects:
Germanic languages > Syntax.
Germanic languages > Grammar, Generative.
Germanic languages > Direct object.
Germanic languages > Indirect object.
Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
Optimality theory (Linguistics)
Langues germaniques > Syntaxe.
Langues germaniques > Grammaire générative.
Langues germaniques > Objet direct.
Langues germaniques > Objet indirect.
Minimalisme (Linguistique)
Théorie de l'optimalité (Linguistique)
Germanic languages > Grammar, Generative
Germanic languages > Syntax
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • Chapter 1 Derivations (MP) and Evaluations (OT)
  • Chapter 2 Short object shiftThis
  • Chapter 3 Regular object shift
  • Chapter 4 Object shift and other movement types
  • Chapter 5 Predicate movement
  • Chapter 6 Summary and conclusion
  • Backmatter.

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