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Author : Hubert Haider,Martin Prinzhorn
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110846072
Author : Hubert Haider,Martin Prinzhorn
Publisher : Foris Publications USA
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Germanic languages
ISBN : 9067651346
Author : Federica Cognola
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027255846
This monograph investigates the syntax of the finite verb in Máocheno, a minority language spoken in a German speech island of Northern Italy. Basing her study on detailed new data collected during extensive fieldwork, and focusing on finite verb movement; on multiple access to the left periphery; on pro licensing mechanism and on the distribution of OV/VO word orders, the author refutes the traditional view that the syntactic variation found in Máocheno is due to the presence of two competing grammars as a consequence of contact with Romance varieties and accounts for the peculiarities of Máocheno syntax within a theory couched in the framework of Generative Grammar. This book contributes to our understanding of the verb-second phenomenon and sheds new light on the asymmetries between Old Romance and Germanic verb-second languages. A useful tool for all linguists working on both theoretical and comparative syntax and to anyone interested in language variation, dialectology and typology.
Author : Sten Vikner
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780195083941
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.
Author : Horst Lohnstein,Antonios Tsiknakis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501508042
This book addresses a general phenomenon in the European languages: verb second. The articles provide a comprehensive survey of synchronic vs. diachronic developments in the Germanic and Romance languages. New theoretical insights into the interaction of the properties of verbal mood and syntactic structure building lead to hypotheses about the mutual influence of these systems. The diachronic change in the syntax together with changes in the inflectional system show the interdependence between the syntactic and the inflectional component. The fact that the subjunctive can license verb second in dependent clauses reveals further dependencies between these subsystems of grammar. "Fronting finiteness" furthermore constitutes an instance of a main clause phenomenon. Whether "assertion" or "at-issueness" are encoded through this grammatical process will be a matter in the debates discussed in the book. Moreover, information structure appears to be directly related to the fronting of other constituents in front of the finite verb. Questions concerning the interrelations between these various subcomponents of the grammatical system are investigated.
Author : Lars Hellan,Kirsti Koch Christensen
Publisher : D. Reidel
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902772167X
Author : Constantin Freitag
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110725018
This series publishes original contributions which describe and theoretically analyze structures of natural languages. The main focus is on principles and rules of grammatical and lexical knowledge both with respect to individual languages and from a comparative perspective. The volumes cover all levels of linguistic analysis, especially phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, including aspects of language acquisition, language use, language change, and phonetical and neuronal realization.
Author : Katrin Axel
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027291981
This monograph is the first book-length study on Old High German syntax from a generative perspective in twenty years. It provides an in-depth exploration of the Old High German pre-verb-second grammar by answering the following questions: To what extent did generalized verb movement exist in Old High German? Was there already obligatory XP-movement to the left periphery in declarative root clauses? What deviations from the linear verb-second restriction are attested and what do such phenomena reveal about the structure of the left sentence periphery? Did verb placement play the same role in sentence typing as in the modern verb-second languages? A further major topic is null subjects: It is claimed that Old High German was a partial pro-drop language. All these issues are addressed from a comparative-diachronic perspective by integrating research on other Old Germanic languages, in particular on Old English and Gothic. This book is of interest to all those working in the fields of comparative Germanic syntax and historical linguistics.
Author : Horst Lohnstein,Antonios Tsiknakis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501508141
This book addresses a general phenomenon in the European languages: verb second. The articles provide a comprehensive survey of synchronic vs. diachronic developments in the Germanic and Romance languages. New theoretical insights into the interaction of the properties of verbal mood and syntactic structure building lead to hypotheses about the mutual influence of these systems. The diachronic change in the syntax together with changes in the inflectional system show the interdependence between the syntactic and the inflectional component. The fact that the subjunctive can license verb second in dependent clauses reveals further dependencies between these subsystems of grammar. "Fronting finiteness" furthermore constitutes an instance of a main clause phenomenon. Whether "assertion" or "at-issueness" are encoded through this grammatical process will be a matter in the debates discussed in the book. Moreover, information structure appears to be directly related to the fronting of other constituents in front of the finite verb. Questions concerning the interrelations between these various subcomponents of the grammatical system are investigated.
Author : Charles Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317899006
The contributors to this volume cover the international range of scholarship in the field of Historical Linguistics, as well as some of its major themes. The work and ideas they discuss are relevant not only to other aspects of Historical Linguistics but also to more general developments in linguistic theory. Along with Professor Jones' Introduction, their comments provide a major overview of Historical Linguistics that will be the reference point for its development for many years to come and form an important contribution to general theories of linguistic behaviour.
Author : Adriana Belletti,Luigi Rizzi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : 9780195087949
The essays collected in this volume, most previously unpublished, address a number of closely interconnected issues raised by the comparative syntax of functional heads within the Principles-and-Parameters approach. The general theory of head movement, the properties of derived structures created by incorporation, and the parameterization involved are the main theoretical foci. One major empirical area which is addressed concerns head movement in configurations involving certain kinds of operator-like elements, for example, the different manifestations of Verb Second phenomena in Wh and other constructions and the syntax of negative heads and specifiers. In addition, properties of functional heads and head movement in nominal and clausal structures and the causative construction are investigated.
Author : Perugia Adriana Belletti Associate Professor of Linguistics Universita per Stanieri,Luigi Rizzi Professor of Linguistics University of Geneva
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198024880
The essays collected in this volume, most previously unpublished, address a number of closely interconnected issues raised by the comparative syntax of functional heads within the Principles-and-Parameters approach. The general theory of head movement, the properties of derived structures created by incorporation, and the parameterization involved are the main theoretical foci. One major empirical area which is addressed concerns head movement in configurations involving certain kinds of operator-like elements, for example, the different manifestations of Verb Second phenomena in Wh and other constructions and the syntax of negative heads and specifiers. In addition, properties of functional heads and head movement in nominal and clausal structures and the causative construction are investigated.
Author : Toril Swan,Olaf J. Westvik
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110889932
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
Author : Miriam Butt,Tracy Holloway King,Gillian Ramchand
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language (CSLI)
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1881526496
A collection of papers on word order variation in the languages of South Asia.
Author : Dawn Bates
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language (CSLI)
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0937073792
Forty-one papers from the 1991 West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics are included. The papers deal with diverse topics ranging from the traditional linguistic fields of phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics to the rapidly developing areas of cognitive and discourse linguistics.
