Scrambling, remnant movement, and restructuring in west Germanic / Roland Hinterholzl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hinterhölzl, Roland.

Series:

Oxford studies in comparative syntax.

Oxford studies in comparative syntax

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germanic languages--Syntax.

Germanic languages.

Germanic languages--Verb.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Providing a study of three salient phenomena of West Germanic namely scrambling, remnant movement and restructuring, this book discusses their interrelatedness. In particular, restructuring is shown to break down into remnant movement of the major phases of the infinitival clause.

Contents:

1. Introduction; 2. Scrambling; 3. Coherent Infinitives in Dutch and West Flemish; 4. A Remnant Movement Account of Restructuring; 5. Coherent Infinitives in German; 6. Verbal Complexes and the Syntax of IPP-Complements; 7. Open Issues: Extraposition, VP-Topicalization, and the Status of Gerunds; 8. Summary and Conclusions; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

A revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Southern California, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-250) and index.

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ISBN:

9780195345599

0195345592

OCLC:

191924232