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The syntax and semantics of the left periphery /

The left periphery of clausal structures has been a prominent topic of research in generative linguistics during the last decades. Closer examination of its properties unfolds a rich array of perspectives like the status of barriers for extraction and government, the articulation of the topic focus...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Lohnstein, Horst, Trissler, Susanne, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2004.
Series:Interface explorations ; 9.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Content
  • Theoretical developments of the left periphery
  • The syntactic integration of preposed adverbial clauses on the German left periphery: A diachronic perspective
  • Decomposing the left periphery. Dialectal and cross-linguistic evidence
  • Head-movement in minimalism, and V2 as FORCE-marking
  • In front of the prefield
  • inside or outside the clause?
  • Uniformity and variation: On the relation of wh-phrases and sentence mood in German
  • Notes on the syntax and the pragmatics of German Left Dislocation
  • Inflectional morphology and sentence mood in German.
  • ET, parasitic gaps, and German clause structure
  • Verb position, verbal mood and the anchoring (potential) of sentences
  • Nonstandard wh-questions and alternative checkers in Pagotto
  • The particle li and the left periphery of Slavic yes/no interrogatives
  • Binding by verbs: Tense, person, and mood under attitudes
  • Complementizer selection and the properties of complement clauses in German
  • Index.