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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456582003321

Titolo

On extraction and extraposition in German [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Uli Lutz, Jürgen Pafel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1995

ISBN

9786613234285

90-272-8240-4

1-283-23428-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Collana

Linguistik aktuell, , 0166-0829 ; ; v. 11

Altri autori (Persone)

LutzUli <1959->

PafelJürgen <1957->

Disciplina

435

Soggetti

German language - Word order

German language - Syntax

German language - Grammar, Generative

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Chiefly based on discussions from a workshop at the 16th annual meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft held Mar. 9-11, 1994, in Münster (Westfalen).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ON EXTRACTION AND EXTRA POSITION IN GERMAN; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Some Notes on Extraction Theory; Extractions from Verb-Second Clauses in German?; On wh-Islands in German; Negative Islands and Reconstruction; Kinds of Extraction from Noun Phrases; All Right!; On Extraposition & Successive Cyclicity; Downright Down To The Right; Rightward Movement as Leftward Deletion; SUBJECT INDEX; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Extraction has traditionally been one of the main topics in generative grammar, and it retains this status in current variants of the theory. German provides a good testing ground for traditional as well as current theories of extraction. The nine contributions to this volume document the recent lively discussions on the adequate analyses of extraction constructions, on the impact of extraction on semantic interpretation, and, above all, on the question of which constructions



are to be analysed as extractions and which not.Uli Lutz gives an overview of extraction theory. Marga Reis chall