Verb-second as a reconstruction phenomenon : Evidence from grammar and processing / Constantin Freitag.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freitag, Constantin, Author.

Series:

Studia Grammatica

Studia grammatica , 0081-6469 ; 86

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXII, 300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This investigation of V2-movement addresses the question which role the lexical content of the moved element plays during sentence processing. It draws on original theoretical arguments, empirical data and results from psycholinguistic experiments. The main finding is that the lexical content of the V2-verb is interpreted only at the end of the clause, i.e. at the base position of the finite verb.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Open-Access-Transformation in Linguistics

Preface

Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

Part I: The grammatical perspective on V2-movement

2 The Syntax of V2

3 The V2-Reconstruction Hypothesis

Part II: The role of V2-movement in sentence processing

4 Basics of sentence processing

5 Processing of German clauses

6 Experimental investigations of the V2-Reconstruction Hypothesis

7 Peculiarities of processing V2-clauses

8 Grand summary and conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783110725018

3110725010