The Function of Function Words and Functional Categories (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today) - Hardcover

 
9789027228024: The Function of Function Words and Functional Categories (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9027228027 ISBN 13: 9789027228024
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2005

Synopsis

This volume brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the syntax of function words and functional categories in the Germanic languages. The works offered in this volume derive specifically from comparative studies of Germanic; at the same time they all bear directly on long-standing problems in syntactic theory and universal grammar. The contributions include novel theoretical and empirical approaches to infinitives, the syntax and acquisition of Verb Second, the structure and interpretation of present tense, the syntax and semantics of reflexives, the relationship between expletive syntax and the EPP, the syntax of possession, and the DP-internal syntax of pronouns. Some contributions present the results of experimental research which provide an entirely fresh perspective on previously unchallenged claims.

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Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9027228027
ISBN 13 
9789027228024
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
302
Editor
Dikken Marcel, Tortora Christina