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Author Vikner, Sten

Title Verb movement and expletive subjects in the Germanic languages / Sten Vikner
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (x, 294 pages)
Series Oxford studies in comparative syntax
Oxford studies in comparative syntax
Contents I. PRELIMINARIES; II. VERB MOVEMENT; III. EXPLETIVE SUBJECTS; References; Language Index; Name Index; Subject Index
Summary This book is the study of two different kinds of variation across the Germanic languages. One involves the position of the finite verb, and the other the possible positions of the "logical" subject in constructions with expletive (or "dummy") subjects. The book applies the theory of Principles-and-Parameters to the study of comparative syntax. Several languages are considered, including less frequently discussed ones like Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and Yiddish
Analysis Germanic languages
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282) and index
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Subject Germanic languages -- Verb phrase
Germanic languages -- Syntax
Germanic languages -- Subjectless constructions
Generative grammar.
Government-binding theory (Linguistics)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- German.
Generative grammar
Germanic languages -- Syntax
Government-binding theory (Linguistics)
Expletiv
Spaltsatz
Subjektloser Satz
Verb
Wortstellung
Werkwoorden.
Woordvolgorde.
Germaanse talen.
Langues germaniques -- Thèses et écrits académiques.
Grammaire générative -- Thèses et écrits académiques.
Théorie du liage et du gouvernement (linguistique) -- Thèses et écrits académiques.
Langues germaniques -- Syntaxe.
Langues germaniques -- Impersonnels.
Germanische Sprachen.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1601299400
9781601299406
9780195359251
0195359259
9786610443604
6610443602