Adverbial resumption in verb second languages:
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Other Authors: De Clercq, Karen 1981- (Editor), Haegeman, Liliane M. V. 1954- (Editor), Lohndal, Terje 1985- (Editor), Meklenborg, Christine (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2023]
Series:Oxford studies in comparative syntax
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Abstract:"In verb second (V2) languages, the finite verb typically appears in the second position of the main clause. Languages displaying this configuration typically also allow patterns in which a nominal element at the left edge of the clause is resumed by a nominal constituent which is an argument inside the sentence, effectively leading to a Verb Third (V3) pattern. Such patterns have been studied for a long time; on the other hand, a similar pattern in which an initial adverbial constituent is resumed by a clause-internal element has been much less studied. The latter pattern is referred to as 'adverbial resumption' and it also has the character of being a V3 phenomenon. Therefore, the pattern is labelled 'adverbial V3 resumption' or 'adverbial V3'. Interestingly, adverbial resumption is absent from languages that do not have a V2 pattern, while those languages do display argumental resumption"--
Item Description:Example texts in multiple Germanic/Romance languages
Physical Description:vi, 383 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9780197651155
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