Verb movement and expletive subjects in the Germanic languages

Title
  1. Verb movement and expletive subjects in the Germanic languages / Sten Vikner.
Published by
  1. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Author
  1. Vikner, Sten.

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Description
  1. x, 294 pages; 25 cm
Summary
  1. 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.
Series statement
  1. Oxford studies in comparative syntax
Uniform title
  1. Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
Subject
  1. Germanic languages > Verb phrase
  2. Germanic languages > Syntax
  3. Germanic languages > Subjectless constructions
  4. Generative grammar
  5. Government-binding theory (Linguistics)
  6. Expletiv
  7. Finite Verbform
  8. Germanische Sprachen
  9. Spaltsatz
  10. Subjektloser Satz
  11. Verb
  12. Wortstellung
  13. Werkwoorden
  14. Woordvolgorde
  15. Germaanse talen
  16. Langues germaniques > Thèses et écrits académiques
  17. Grammaire générative > Thèses et écrits académiques
  18. Théorie du liage et du gouvernement (linguistique) > Thèses et écrits académiques
  19. Langues germaniques > Syntaxe
  20. Langues germaniques > Impersonnels
  21. Germanische Sprachen
Contents
  1. I. Preliminaries. Introduction: overview; the Germanic languages; language acquisition and the theory of UG -- Relativised minimality: introduction; a-bar-movement; a-movement; xo-movement; restrictions on movement. II. Verb movement. Verb second: introduction; verb second, movement of the finite verb into C; verb second variations; verb second explanations; conclusion -- Verb second in embedded clauses: verb second preceded by a complementiser; three alternative analysis of general embedded V2; V1 declaratives; relative positions of the subject and the sentential adverbial; object shift; subject-verb agreement; adverbial adjunction to IP but not to CP; extraction from the embedded clause; embedded clauses introduced by which-that or if-that; embedded V2 in Danish: CP-recursion or topicalisation to AgrP-spec? -- V-to-I movement: inflection; I-VP languages with V-to-I movement
  2. I-VP languages without V-to-I movement; VP-I languages; connection between V2 and V-to-I movement; conclusion. III. Expletive subjects. NP-positions in expletive constructions: introduction; licensing of IP-spec by C or by I; licensing of VP-spec; licensing of the complement of V; licensing of IP-spec by a main V; alternative analyses; conclusion -- Expletive subjects and quasi-arguments: introduction; it, there, and case assignment; raising constructions.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-282) and index.