Morphology-driven syntax : a theory of V to I raising and pro-drop /

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This book argues that syntactic parameters are set in a principled fashion on the basis of overt functional morphology. The main focus of the book is on the different positions of the finite verb in the Germanic SVO languages. In addition, other syntactic phenomena (null subjects, transitive expleti...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rohrbacher, Bernhard Wolfgang
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©1999.
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 15.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Generative grammar.
Grammaire comparée et générale.
Grammaire générative.
Werkwoorden.
Raising (taalkunde)
Pro-drop.
Woordvolgorde.
Verbuigingen.
Germaanse talen.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book argues that syntactic parameters are set in a principled fashion on the basis of overt functional morphology. The main focus of the book is on the different positions of the finite verb in the Germanic SVO languages. In addition, other syntactic phenomena (null subjects, transitive expletive constructions and object shift) and other language families (Romance, Semitic and Slavic) are discussed. A common explanation for all of the discussed phenomena is proposed: If and only if the features for "person" are distinctively marked by the agreement morphology, the agreement affixes are li.
Item Description:A revised and expanded version of the author's 1994 University of Massachusetts at Amherst Ph. D. dissertation: The Germanic VO languages and the full paradigm : A theory of V to I raising.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-289) and index.
ISBN:9789027299291
9027299293

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