| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Linguistics & philosophy ; volume 6 |
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Linguistics & philosophy ; v. 6.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1. Overview -- 2. Topic Drop in German: (The Lack of) Identity between Antecedent and Gap -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Verbatim and Non-verbatim Topic Drop: Two Kinds of Topic Drop in German -- 2.3 An Empirical Basis for the VTD/NVTD Distinction -- 2.4 Structural Well-Formedness Conditions on VTD and NVTD -- 2.5 Topic Drop and the Event Structure of Structural and Oblique Case Assigning Verbs -- 2.6 Topic Drop and the Representation of +/-Complex Events -- 2.7 Appendix: Topic Drop of Expletive Elements -- 3. Topic Drop in German: The Interpretation of the Gap -- 4. Null Subjects at the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
"This study presents new insights into null subjects, topic drop and the interpretation of topic-dropped elements. Besides providing an empirical data survey, it offers explanations to well-known problems, e.g. syncretisms in the context of null-subject licensing or the marginality of dropping an element which carries oblique case. The book constitutes a valuable source for both empirically and theoretically interested (generative) linguists."-- Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Generative Grammar |
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Noam Chomsky |
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Semantics |
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Syntax |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in English and German |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
German language -- Null subject
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German language -- Complement
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- German.
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German language -- Complement
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016016620 |
| ISBN |
3110446170 |
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9783110446173 |
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9783110437249 |
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3110437244 |
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9783110446180 |
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3110446189 |
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