German Syntax: A Structure Removal Approach (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 171) - Hardcover

Müller, Gereon

 
9781009518031: German Syntax: A Structure Removal Approach (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 171)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1009518038 ISBN 13: 9781009518031
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Exploring the major syntactic phenomena of German, this book provides a state-of-the-art account of German syntax, as well as an outline of the key aspects of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. It is one of the first comprehensive studies of the entire syntactic component of a natural language within the Minimalist Program, covering core issues including clause structure, binding, case, agreement, control, and movement. It introduces a phase-based theory of syntax that establishes Remove, an operation that removes syntactic structure, as a mirror image of Merge, which builds syntactic structure. This unified approach resolves many cases of conflicting structure assignments in syntax, as they occur with passivization, restructuring, long-distance passivization, complex prefields, bridge verbs, applicatives, null objects, pseudo-noun incorporation, nominal concord, and ellipsis. It will pave the way for similar research into other languages and is essential reading for anyone interested in the syntax of German, syntactic theory, or the Minimalist Program.

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About the Author

Gereon Müller is Professor of General Lingustics at Universität Leipzig. His recent publications include Constraints on Displacement (2011), Syntactic Buffers (2014), and Inflectional Morphology in Harmonic Serialism (2020).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1009518038
ISBN 13 
9781009518031
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
398