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Verb-second as a reconstruction phenomenon : evidence from grammar and processing / Constantin Freitag.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freitag, Constantin, author.
- Series:
- Studia grammatica ; 86
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- German language--Verb phrase.
- German language.
- German language--Verb.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb phrase.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 300 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Verb-second as a reconstruction phenomenon
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : De Gruyter, [2021]
- 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:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-297) and index.
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