The Syntax of Dutch / Jan-Wouter Zwart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter.

Series:

Cambridge books online.

Cambridge Syntax Guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dutch language--Syntax.

Dutch language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

Dutch is a West-Germanic language closely related to English and German, but its special properties have long aroused interest and debate among students of syntax. This is an informative guide to the syntax of Dutch, offering an extensive survey of both the phenomena of Dutch syntax and their theoretical analyses over the years. In particular the book discusses those aspects of Dutch syntax that have played an important role in the development of syntactic theory in recent decades. Presupposing only a basic knowledge of syntax and complete with an extensive bibliography, this survey will be an important tool for students and linguists of all theoretical persuasions, and for anyone working in Germanic linguistics, linguistic typology, and linguistic theory. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Introduction 1

1 Dutch: the language, its history, its dialects 3

2 Basic morphosyntax 6

2.1 General typological characteristics 6

2.2 Word classes 7

2.3 Morphosyntactic features 11

2.4 Grammatical functions 17

2.5 Constituents 21

2.6 Sentence prosody 22

3 Perspectives on Dutch syntax 25

Part II Description 31

4 Clause structure 33

4.1 The left bracket 38

4.2 The right bracket 41

4.3 The middle field 50

4.3.1 Objects 53

4.3.2 Adverbs 58

4.3.3 Other middle-field elements 62

4.3.4 The middle-field borders 66

4.4 The initial field 68

4.5 The final field 72

5 Nominal and prepositional phrases 80

5.1 Noun phrase structure 80

5.2 The order of attributive modifiers 86

5.3 Adjective phrase structure 90

5.4 Nominalization 93

5.5 Preposition phrase structure 95

6 Complex sentences 104

6.1 Subordination 104

6.1.1 Diagnostics 104

6.1.2 Finite embedded clauses 107

6.1.3 Nonfmite embedded clauses 110

6.1.4 Relative clauses 112

6.2 Coordination 117

6.2.1 General remarks 117

6.2.2 Clausal coordination 119

6.3 Unclear cases 122

6.4 Ellipsis 127

6.4.1 General remarks 127

6.4.2 Noun ellipsis 130

6.4.3 Conjunction reduction 132

6.4.4 Gapping 137

6.4.5 Other ellipsis phenomena 141

7 Dependencies 145

7.1 Semi-referential expressions 145

7.2 Raising and control 152

7.2.1 Raising and control diagnostics 152

7.2.2 Modal verbs 158

7.2.3 Raising 164

7.2.4 Control 169

7.3 Negation 172

7.3.1 Types of niet 172

7.3.2 Negation with indefinites 175

7.3.3 Negation in complex clauses 178

7.3.4 Negative polarity 179

7.4 Quantification 185

7.4.1 Inventory of quantifiers 185

7.4.2 Scope relations 188

7.5 Focus and topic 191

7.5.1 Focus 191

7.5.2 Topic 197

7.6 Wh-movement 198

7.6.1 Fronting of interrogative elements 198

7.6.2 Conditions on wh-movement 202

7.6.3 Gaps 213

Part III Theory 221

8 The structural realization of lexical semantics 223

8.1 Arguments and grammatical functions 223

8.2 The small-clause analysis 233

8.3 The complex predicate analysis 241

9 Dutch as an OV/VO language 243

9.1 Preliminaries 243

9.2 Dutch as an OV language 247

9.2.1 Koster (1975) 247

9.2.2 Derivation of the major patterns 251

9.3 Dutch as a head-initial language 265

9.3.1 Zwart (1994) 265

9.3.2 Some consequences 265

10 Verb second 281

10.1 Historiography 281

10.2 Theoretical embedding 290

11 Verb clusters 296

11.1 Structuralist work on verb clusters 299

11.2 The classical verb-raising analysis 302

11.3 Minimalist analyses 313

12 Nominal and prepositional phrases 324

12.1 Noun phrases 324

12.1.1 Constituent structure 324

12.1.2 The DP analysis 325

12.1.3 Movement phenomena 329

12.2 Adjective phrases 333

12.2.1 Order and interpretation 333

12.2.2 Ellipsis and the -e suffix 335

12.2.3 Movement phenomena 337

12.3 Preposition phrases 338

12.3.1 Internal structure 338

12.3.2 Movement phenomena 341

13 Binding and control 344

13.1 Binding 344

13.2 Control 350.

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