On extraction and extraposition in German / edited by Uli Lutz, Jürgen Pafel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lutz, Uli, 1959-

Pafel, Jürgen, 1957-

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 11.

Linguistik aktuell, 0166-0829 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German language--Word order--Congresses.

German language.

German language--Syntax--Congresses.

German language--Grammar, Generative--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Extraction has traditionally been one of the main topics in generative grammar, and it retains this status in current variants of the theory. German provides a good testing ground for traditional as well as current theories of extraction. The nine contributions to this volume document the recent lively discussions on the adequate analyses of extraction constructions, on the impact of extraction on semantic interpretation, and, above all, on the question of which constructions are to be analysed as extractions and which not.Uli Lutz gives an overview of extraction theory. Marga Reis chall

Contents:

ON EXTRACTION AND EXTRA POSITION IN GERMAN; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Some Notes on Extraction Theory; Extractions from Verb-Second Clauses in German?; On wh-Islands in German; Negative Islands and Reconstruction; Kinds of Extraction from Noun Phrases; All Right!; On Extraposition & Successive Cyclicity; Downright Down To The Right; Rightward Movement as Leftward Deletion; SUBJECT INDEX; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Chiefly based on discussions from a workshop at the 16th annual meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft held Mar. 9-11, 1994, in Münster (Westfalen).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613234285

90-272-8240-4

1-283-23428-9

OCLC:

745866921