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The role of inflection in Scandinavian syntax /

In this book, Holmberg and Platzack present a theory of the role which subject-verb agreement and case morphology play in syntax. Their theory is based mainly on a detailed comparison of syntactical inflectional properties in the various Scandinavian languages, although many other languages are disc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Holmberg, Anders
Other Authors: Platzack, Christer, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Series:Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter One: Comparative Scandinavian Syntax; Chapter Two: A General Theory of Sentence Structure, Finiteness, and Nominative Case; Chapter Three: Verb Second Languages, Root-Embedded Asymmetries, Root Phenomena in Embedded Clauses, and Long Distance Reflexives; Chapter Four: Null Subjects, Small pro and the Role of Agr; Chapter Five: The Role of Agr and the Licensing of Nominative DPs within VP; Chapter Six: Object Shift; Chapter Seven: The Double Object Construction; Chapter Eight: Conclusions; References; Index of languages; Index of names; Index of subjects.