Narrow syntax and phonological form : scrambling in the Germanic languages / Gema Chocano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chocano, Gema.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; 109

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germanic languages--Word order.

Germanic languages.

Germanic languages--Syntax.

Germanic languages--Phonology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 333 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

'Scrambling', the kind of word order variation found in West Germanic languages, has been commonly treated as a phenomenon completely unrelated to North Germanic 'Object Shift'. This book questions this view and defends a unified analysis on the basis of strictly syntactic and phonological evidence. Given that its main conclusions are drawn from German data, it also sheds light on several problematic aspects of the grammar of this language, which have traditionally resisted a principled account.

Contents:

Narrow Syntax and Phonological Form

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Dedication

Table of contents

Preface

CHAPTER 1: SCRAMBLING: A CROSSLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE

1. Scrambling languages

2. Types of scrambling

3. Scrambling in the Germanic languages

CHAPTER 2: A SURVEY OF SOME BASIC PROPERTIES OF GERMAN

1. The structure of the German clause

2. Coherent infinitival constructions

3. Remnant movement

4. The German pronominal system

5. Focus scrambling

CHAPTER 3: SCRAMBLING IN GERMAN

1. German scrambling in rough syntax

2. German scrambling at the interfaces

CHAPTER 4: PREVIOUS ACCOUNTS OF GERMAN SCRAMBLING

1. Movement approaches

2. Base-generation approaches

3. Conclusions

CHAPTER 5: THE PHONOLOGICAL SIDE OF REORDERING PROCESSES

1. The phonological side of Scandinavian 'Object Shift'

2. The phonological side of German scrambling

CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSIONS, PROBLEMS, AND PENDING ISSUES

NOTES

REFERENCES

SUBJECT INDEX

The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612154751

9781282154759

1282154753

9789027292636

9027292639

OCLC:

320323014