Clausal architecture and subject positions [[electronic resource] ] : impersonal constructions in the Germanic languages / / Sabine Mohr |
Autore | Mohr Sabine <1970-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina | 430/.045 |
Collana | Linguistik Aktuell =Linguistics today |
Soggetto topico |
Germanic languages - Clauses
Germanic languages - Grammar, Comparative Germanic languages - Word order |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-15628-4
9786612156281 90-272-9399-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449911103321 |
Mohr Sabine <1970-> | ||
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Clausal architecture and subject positions : impersonal constructions in the Germanic languages / / Sabine Mohr |
Autore | Mohr Sabine <1970-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub., , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 207 pages) |
Disciplina | 430/.045 |
Collana | Linguistik Aktuell =Linguistics today |
Soggetto topico |
Germanic languages - Clauses
Germanic languages - Grammar, Comparative Germanic languages - Word order |
ISBN |
1-282-15628-4
9786612156281 90-272-9399-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783424203321 |
Mohr Sabine <1970-> | ||
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub., , 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Clausal architecture and subject positions : impersonal constructions in the Germanic languages / / Sabine Mohr |
Autore | Mohr Sabine <1970-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 207 pages) |
Disciplina | 430/.045 |
Collana | Linguistik Aktuell =Linguistics today |
Soggetto topico |
Germanic languages - Clauses
Germanic languages - Grammar, Comparative Germanic languages - Word order |
ISBN |
1-282-15628-4
9786612156281 90-272-9399-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Clausal Architecture and Subject Positions -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- I. Introduction -- 0. Introduction -- II. Clausal architecture and the EPP -- 1. Subject positions and the EPP: the evolution of the two concepts -- 1.1 From principle to feature - the history of the EPP in the works of Chomsky -- 1.2 From deconstruction to cartography - subject positions and their features -- 1.3 Universality reconsidered - the EPP as a parameter -- 2. The EPP and the Extension Condition -- 2.1 The EPP-feature - the general idea -- 2.1.1 Some data -- 2.1.2 Different ways of realising head-positions -- 2.2 Head-movement - is it syntactic or a PF-phenomenon or even an illusion? -- 2.2.1 The Extension Condition and Chomsky's objections -- 2.2.2 Head-movement and the interfaces -- 2.2.3 Does head-movement exist after all? -- 2.3 Head-movement and the Extension Condition - how can these two be reconciled? -- 3. Clause structure -- 3.1 The projections of the C-system -- 3.1.1 Sentence-initial XPs in V2 clauses and their positions -- 3.1.2 Locality and why the finite verb in Fin can only be preceded by one XP -- 3.2 The projections of the I-system -- 3.2.1 Overview -- 3.2.2 TopP, FocP and Scrambling -- 3.2.3 Two subject positions in the Mittelfeld -- 3.2.4 RefP and the EPP -- 3.3 The projections of the V-system -- 4. Checking -- 4.1 Types of features -- 4.2 Matching features -- 4.3 Checking configurations -- 4.3.1 Specifier-head configuration -- 4.3.2 Checking in a head-head configuration and types of V-movement -- 4.3.3 Consequences of the restrictions on checking - Scrambling vs. Object Shift and a note on typology -- 5. The 'universal EPP' on T -- 5.1 Feature checking on T -- 5.1.1 Nominative Case -- 5.1.2 T and the New Extension Condition -- 5.2 The EPP-feature as a subject-of-predication feature? -- 6. Summary.
III. Impersonal constructions and subject positions -- 7. The constructions to be discussed and previous accounts -- 7.1 The data -- 7.1.1 Presentational sentences -- 7.1.2 Impersonal passives -- 7.2 Expletives -- 7.2.1 Expletives everywhere -- 7.2.2 Against non-overt expletives -- 7.3 Locatives in Small Clauses -- 7.4 Positions and movements involved in the derivation of TECs -- 8. The derivation of presentational sentences and impersonal passives -- 8.1 Not all of the alleged expletives can be expletives -- 8.2 Event arguments -- 8.3 Comparing German and Dutch -- 8.3.1 Presentational sentences and impersonal passives as expletive constructions - German -- 8.3.2 Event arguments mistaken for expletives - Dutch -- 8.3.3 Some remarks on German 'da' -- 8.4 Afrikaans -- 8.5 Yiddish -- 8.6 Icelandic -- 8.7 Mainland Scandinavian -- 8.8 English -- 8.8.1 The 'there'-construction as a focus construction -- 8.8.2 The Case of the subject DP -- 8.8.3 Impersonal passives -- 8.8.4 Locative Inversion -- 9. Constructions involving quasi-arguments (or not) -- 9.2 Impersonal psych verbs -- 9.1 Weather verbs -- 9.1.1 German, Dutch, Afrikaans, MSc and English -- 9.1.2 Icelandic -- 9.1.3 Yiddish -- 10. Summary -- IV. Conclusion -- 11. Conclusion -- References -- Index -- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828822903321 |
Mohr Sabine <1970-> | ||
Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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