The syntax of German / Hubert Haider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haider, Hubert, author.

Series:

Cambridge syntax guides.

Cambridge syntax guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German language--Syntax.

German language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 371 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What do you know, if you know that a language has 'Object Verb' structure rather than 'Verb Object'? Answering this question and many others, this book provides an essential guide to the syntactic structure of German. It examines the systematic differences between German and English, which follow from this basic difference in sentence structure, and presents the main results of syntactic research on German. Topics covered include the strict word order in VO vs word order variation in OV, verb clustering, clause union effects, obligatory functional subject position, and subject-object asymmetries for extractions. Through this, a cross-model and cross-linguistic comparison evolves, highlighting the immediate implications for non-Germanic OV languages, and creating a detailed and comprehensive description of the syntactic differences that immediately follow from an OV type in contrast with a VO type like English. It will be of interest to all those interested in syntax and Germanic languages.

Contents:

A comparative survey: German V2 and partially 'OV'

The functional architecture of a German clause: facts and controversies

Targeting the clause initial position: German wh-constructions

Targeting left: clause internal word order and word order variation

Targeting the right edge: extraposition

Case: a nominative-accusative language with a four way case paradigm

Non-finite verbs and their constructions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-367) and index.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-009-28945-4

1-107-21019-4

1-282-56066-2

9786612560668

0-511-84531-6

0-511-71314-2

0-511-72246-X

0-511-71438-6

0-511-71231-6

0-511-71564-1

OCLC:

742332731