The derivation of VO and OV / edited by Peter Svenonius.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Svenonius, Peter.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 31.

Linguistik aktuell, 0166-0829 ; v. 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Word order.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Sentences.

Typology (Linguistics).

Generative grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2000.

Summary:

The Derivation of VO and OV takes a new look at the relationship between head-final or OV structures and head-initial or VO ones, in light of recent work by Richard Kayne and others. The various papers in the volume take different positions with respect to whether one type of structure is derived from the other, and if so, which of the two orders is primary.Different options explored include derivation of VO order by head movement from a basic OV structure, derivation of VO by fronting of a phrasal VP remnant containing only the verb, derivation of OV by fronting of a remnant VP which the verb has vacated, and others.Each paper is thoroughly rooted in empirical observations about specific constructions drawn either from the Germanic languages or from others including Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, and Malagasy.The volume consists of eleven original papers by Sjef Barbiers, Michael Brody, Naoki Fukui & Yuji Takano, Liliane Haegeman, Hubert Haider, Roland Hinterhölzl, Anders Holmberg, Thorbjorg Hróarsdóttir, Matthew Pearson, Peter Svenonius, and Knut Tarald Taraldsen, plus an introduction by the editor.

Contents:

THE DERIVATION OF VO AND OV

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Table of Contents

Introduction

Word Order, Restructuring and Mirror Theory

OV is More Basic than VO

Remnant Movement and OV Order

V-movement and VP-movement in Derivations Leading to VO order

Deriving OV Order in Finnish

Parameter Change in Icelandic

The Right Periphery in SOV Languages: English and Dutch

Nominal Structure: An Extension of the Symmetry Principle

Quantifier Movement in Icelandic

Licensing Movement and Stranding in the West Germanic OV Languages

Two Types of VO Languages

Index

The Series LINGUISTIK AKTUELL/LINGUISTICS TODAY.

Notes:

Based on a workshop held May 1998, University of Troms.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612163449

9781282163447

1282163442

9789027299246

9027299242

OCLC:

70739327