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Verb movement and expletive subjects in the Germanic languages / Sten Vikner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vikner, Sten.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in comparative syntax
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germanic languages--Verb phrase.
- Germanic languages.
- Germanic languages--Syntax.
- Germanic languages--Subjectless constructions.
- Generative grammar.
- Government-binding theory (Linguistics).
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb phrase.
- Physical Description:
- x, 294 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
- Summary:
- This book is the study of two different kinds of variation across the Germanic languages. One involves the position of the finite verb, and the other the possible positions of the "logical" subject in constructions with expletive (or "dummy") subjects. The book applies the theory of Principles-and-Parameters to the study of comparative syntax. Several languages are considered, including less frequently discussed ones like Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and Yiddish.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0195083946
- 0195083938
- OCLC:
- 28708971
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