The syntax of Icelandic / Höskuldur Thräinsson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Höskuldur Þráinsson, 1946- author.

Series:

Cambridge syntax guides.

Cambridge syntax guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Icelandic language--Syntax.

Icelandic language.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 563 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Icelandic is a syntactically interesting language, with aspects of its word order, clause structure, agreement patterns and case system arousing much theoretical interest and debate in recent years. This is an informative and accessible guide to the structure of Icelandic, focusing in particular on those characteristics that have contributed greatly to syntactic research. Each chapter is divided into two main sections - providing both a descriptive overview and a discussion of the theoretical and comparative issues involved - and a wide range of topics are covered, including case, agreement, grammatical relations, thematic roles, word order, clause structure, fronting, extraposition, complement, adjuncts, pronouns, and inflection. Also explored in detail are the similarities and differences between Icelandic and other related languages. Presupposing only a basic knowledge of syntax and complete with an extensive bibliography, this comprehensive survey will be an important tool for all those working on the structure of Scandinavian and Germanic languages.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Word order and clause structure; 3 Order of elements within the phrase; 4 Case, agreement, grammatical relations and thematic roles; 5 Passives, middles and unaccusatives; 6 Different types of expletive constructions; 7 Fronting, focusing, extraposition and NP-shift; 8 Finite and non-finite complements and adjuncts; 9 Pronouns, reflexives and empty categories; References; Index of subjects; Index of languages and dialects

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17295-0

1-281-14596-3

9786611145965

0-511-36675-2

0-511-36608-6

0-511-36545-4

0-511-55592-X

0-511-61944-8

0-511-36734-1

OCLC:

476118656