The Function of Function Words and Functional Categories: 78 (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027228027 ISBN 13: 9789027228024

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2005

Synopsis

This volume brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the syntax of function words and functional categories in the Germanic languages. The works offered in this volume derive specifically from comparative studies of Germanic; at the same time they all bear directly on long-standing problems in syntactic theory and universal grammar. The contributions include novel theoretical and empirical approaches to infinitives, the syntax and acquisition of Verb Second, the structure and interpretation of present tense, the syntax and semantics of reflexives, the relationship between expletive syntax and the EPP, the syntax of possession, and the DP-internal syntax of pronouns. Some contributions present the results of experimental research which provide an entirely fresh perspective on previously unchallenged claims.

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Synopsis

Dikken and Tortora (both City U. of New York) present a collection of eight papers selected from presentations made at the 19th Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop held at CUNY in June 2004. All derive from comparative studies of Germanic while at the same time addressing long-standing problems in syntactic theory and universal grammar. Specific t

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027228027
• ISBN 13: 9789027228024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 302
• Editor: Dikken Marcel Den, Tortora Christina