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This article contributes to a better understanding of the syntax-phonology interface. It offers a prosodic trigger for extraposition which accounts for the following asymmetry: While extraposition of subject, adjunct and attributive clauses is optional in German, object clauses must appear in the ri...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Webelhuth, Gert (Editor), Sailer, Manfred (Editor), Walker, Heike (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 200.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Complement.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Topic and comment.
Complément (Linguistique)
Syntaxe.
Sujet et prédicat.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Complement
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Grammar, Comparative and general > Topic and comment
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This article contributes to a better understanding of the syntax-phonology interface. It offers a prosodic trigger for extraposition which accounts for the following asymmetry: While extraposition of subject, adjunct and attributive clauses is optional in German, object clauses must appear in the right periphery of the clause. It is argued that the constituents following an object clause in its preverbal base-position cannot be a parsed into phonological phrases. Such a configuration causes a defective prosodic clause structure. This deficiency is resolved by extraposition, which derives a str.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 476 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027290632
9027290636
129971174X
9781299711747

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