| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 334 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Linguistics today,
0166-0829 ;
v. 45 = Linguistik aktuell
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 45.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Issues in Formal German(ic) Typology; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Contributors' addresses; Introduction; German clause structure under discourse functional weight; On the co-occurrence of expletives and definite subjects in Germanic; Reconsidering identificational focus; Decomposing existence; Polarity items in English and Danish; The argument-time structure of recipient constructions in German; Attributive adjectives in Germanic and Romance; Die Negationsklammer im Afrikaans; On the syntax and semantics of verb-complement constructions that involve 'creation' |
| Summary |
This book takes up a variety of general syntactic topics, which either yield different solutions in German, in particular, or which lead to different conclusions for theory formation. One of the main topics is the fact that languages that allow for extensive scrambling between the two verbal poles, V-2 and V-last, need to integrate discourse functions like thema and rhema into the grammatical description. This is attempted, in terms of Minimalism, thus extending the functional domain. Special attention is given to the asymmetrical scrambling behavior of indefinites vs. definites and their sema. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Chiefly in English; includes one paper in German. |
| Subject |
Germanic languages -- Grammar.
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Germanic languages -- Grammar. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Abraham, Werner.
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Zwart, C. Jan-Wouter.
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| Added Title |
Issues in formal Germanic typology |
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Issues in formal German typology |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Issues in formal German(ic) typology. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2002 (DLC) 2001052579 |
| ISBN |
9789027297600 (electronic book) |
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9027297606 (electronic book) |
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1588111024 (U.S. ; alkaline paper) |
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9781588111029 |
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9027227667 |
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9789027227669 |
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