Verb movement and expletive subjects in the Germanic languages

Author(s)

• Vikner, Sten

Bibliographic Information

Verb movement and expletive subjects in the Germanic languages

Sten Vikner

（Oxford studies in comparative syntax / Richard Kayne, general editor）

Oxford University Press, 1995

• : pbk
• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-282) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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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Details

• NCID: BA24680763
• ISBN:
  • 0195083946
  • 0195083938
• LCCN: 93031873
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 294 p.
• Size: 23-25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PD271
  • DC20 : 435
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Germanic languages -- Verb phrase
  • LCSH : Germanic languages -- Syntax
  • LCSH : Germanic languages -- Subjectless constructions
  • LCSH : Generative grammar
  • LCSH : Government-binding theory (Linguistics)
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA18658271