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Verb movement and expletive subjects in the Germanic languages / Sten Vikner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vikner, Sten, author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford studies in comparative syntax
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germanic languages--Verb phrase.
- Germanic languages.
- Germanic languages--Syntax.
- Germanic languages--Subjectless constructions.
- Generative grammar.
- Government-binding theory (Linguistics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a 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 (also known as the "government-binding theory") to the study of comparative syntax. Several languages are considered, including less frequently discussed ones like Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and Yiddish.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772277-6
- 1-280-44360-X
- 0-19-535925-9
- 1-60129-940-0
- OCLC:
- 960165153
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