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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821897003321

Autore

Hinterholzl Roland

Titolo

Scrambling, remnant movement, and restructuring in west Germanic / / Roland Hinterholzl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

9780195345599

0195345592

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford studies in comparative syntax

Disciplina

430/.045

Soggetti

Germanic languages - Syntax

Germanic languages - Verb

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Southern California, 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction; 2. Scrambling; 3. Coherent Infinitives in Dutch and West Flemish; 4. A Remnant Movement Account of Restructuring; 5. Coherent Infinitives in German; 6. Verbal Complexes and the Syntax of IPP-Complements; 7. Open Issues: Extraposition, VP-Topicalization, and the Status of Gerunds; 8. Summary and Conclusions; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Providing a study of three salient phenomena of West Germanic namely scrambling, remnant movement and restructuring, this book discusses their interrelatedness. In particular, restructuring is shown to break down into remnant movement of the major phases of the infinitival clause.