German. Syntactic Problems - Problematic Syntax.

Abraham, Werner:

ISBN 10: 3484303743 / ISBN 13: 9783484303744

Published by Berlin, De Gruyter, 1997

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329 S. Gebrauchtes Buch aus ehem. Privatbesitz. GUTER Zustand, wenige Gebrauchsspuren. Used book, few traces of use. C06955 3484303743 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: German. Syntactic Problems - Problematic Syntax.
• Publisher: Berlin, De Gruyter
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3484303743
• ISBN 13: 9783484303744
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: Reprint 2017.
• Weight: 550 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

The volume assembles eleven articles presenting a linguistic approach to the grammar of German, English and the diachronic forerunners of English. Common to all is a theoretical discussion against the background of Chomskyan minimalism (1993) and more recent developments of it (Kayne 1993, Chomsky 1995), all of which make language typology comparisons an interesting proposition. Some of the articles are critical of certain aspects of these theoretical approaches. For all their claims to descriptive universality, it transpires that they fail to address a number of features specific to German.