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.
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expletive constructions, expletive active transitives, han ville komme, han var syg, relativised minimality framework, pro gekumen, hun var enig, gekomen bent, adverbial extractions, gjort det här, oyfn veg zen, set filmen, special government requirement, alternative licenser, typical potential antecedent governor, embedded topicalisations, proper head government requirement, medial adverbials, indefiniteness requirement, vin med, exceptional case marking verbs, topicalised element, rightmost trace, expletive subjects, external thematic role Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Verb Second, Old Norse, West Flemish, Swiss German, Middle Danish, West Germanic, Faroe Islands, Liliane Haegeman, Luigi Rizzi, Old Icelandic, Kinder Geschichte, Ian Roberts, Middle English, South Africa, Old French, Low German, Kanske Lena, Head Movement Constraint, Projection Principle Browse Sample Pages:
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expletive constructions, expletive active transitives, han ville komme, han var syg, relativised minimality framework, pro gekumen, hun var enig, gekomen bent, adverbial extractions, gjort det här, oyfn veg zen, set filmen, special government requirement, alternative licenser, typical potential antecedent governor, embedded topicalisations, proper head government requirement, medial adverbials, indefiniteness requirement, vin med, exceptional case marking verbs, topicalised element, rightmost trace, expletive subjects, external thematic role Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Verb Second, Old Norse, West Flemish, Swiss German, Middle Danish, West Germanic, Faroe Islands, Liliane Haegeman, Luigi Rizzi, Old Icelandic, Kinder Geschichte, Ian Roberts, Middle English, South Africa, Old French, Low German, Kanske Lena, Head Movement Constraint, Projection Principle Browse Sample Pages:
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- Subjects, Expletives, and the EPP (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax) by Peter Svenonius on page 26, page 154, and page 241
- Optimality-Theoretic Syntax (Language, Speech, and Communication) by Géraldine Legendre on page 27, and page 464
- The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax) by Andrew Carnie in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax) by Andrew Carnie in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Adverbs and Functional Heads: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax) by Guglielmo Cinque in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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