| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 273 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 163 |
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 163.
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| Contents |
Extraction Asymmetries; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; List of figures; Preface and acknowledgements; Chapter 1. An introduction to long extraction; Chapter 2. Judgement studies; Chapter 3. Subject/object asymmetries in German; Chapter 4. A controversial case; Chapter 5. Locating the explanation for the subject/object asymmetry in the matrix clause; Chapter 6. Locating the explanation for the subject/object asymmetry in the embedded clause; Chapter 7. Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendix A; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today |
| Summary |
This monograph addresses divergent views in the linguistic literature on whether German displays the that-trace effect and other subject/object asymmetries commonly found for long extractions in English and other languages. Using newly developed rating methodologies, the author exposes consistent and robust subject/object asymmetries in German - a surprisingly unequivocal result given that the existence of these effects is controversial. This finding raises important questions: how can one account for the discrepancy between the clear experimental evidence on the one hand, and the lack of cons |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
German language -- Grammar, Generative
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German language -- Coordinate constructions
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Phrase structure grammar.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- German.
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German language -- Coordinate constructions
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German language -- Grammar, Generative
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Phrase structure grammar
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010019553 |
| ISBN |
9789027287946 |
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9027287945 |
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9027255466 |
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9789027255464 |
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1282721623 |
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9781282721623 |
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9786612721625 |
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6612721626 |
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