The role of inflection in Scandinavian syntax:
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Beteilige Person: Holmberg, Anders (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 1995
Schriftenreihe:Oxford studies in comparative syntax
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-239) and indexes
Chapter One: Comparative Scandinavian Syntax; Chapter Two: A General Theory of Sentence Structure, Finiteness, and Nominative Case; Chapter Three: Verb Second Languages, Root-Embedded Asymmetries, Root Phenomena in Embedded Clauses, and Long Distance Reflexives; Chapter Four: Null Subjects, Small pro and the Role of Agr; Chapter Five: The Role of Agr and the Licensing of Nominative DPs within VP; Chapter Six: Object Shift; Chapter Seven: The Double Object Construction; Chapter Eight: Conclusions; References; Index of languages; Index of names; Index of subjects
In this book, Holmberg and Platzack present a theory of the role which subject-verb agreement and case morphology play in syntax. Their theory is based mainly on a detailed comparison of syntactical inflectional properties in the various Scandinavian languages, although many other languages are discussed as well. The theoretical issues discussed include abstract vs. morphological case, functional heads, verb-second, null subjects and other empty categories, pronouns and clitics, various impersonal constructions, long distance reflexives, and the double object construction. Probably the most de
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