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Title Verb constructions in German and Dutch / edited by Pieter A.M. Seuren, Gerard Kempen.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins, [2003]
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 314 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 242
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 242. 0304-0763
Note Includes some of the papers presented at the Colloquium on Verb Constructions in German and Dutch held Feb. 2-3, 2001, at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-307) and index.
Contents VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN GERMAN AND DUTCH; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Verb clusters and the scope of adjuncts in Dutch; Chapter 2. Verbal clusters and cluster creepers; Chapter 3. V-clustering and clause union; Chapter 4. West-Germanic verb clusters in LFG; Chapter 5. Subjects in unexpected places and the notion of "predicate''; Chapter 6. Dutch and German verb constructions in Performance Grammar; Chapter 7. Coherent constructions in German; Chapter 8. Verb clusters and branching directionality in German and Dutch; References; Index.
Summary German and Dutch verb constructions show a rich array of syntactic phenomena that have so far been underexposed in the literature, despite the fact that they have proved to be a source of substantial problems in theoretical grammar. The cross-linguistic study of verb constructions and complementation has been dominated by views deriving from English or, for that matter, Latin. The German and Dutch complementation systems, however, feature several important properties that are missing from English but occur in many other languages. Well-known but only partially understood examples.
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Subject German language -- Verb.
German language -- Verb.
Dutch language -- Verb.
Dutch language -- Verb.
Dutch language.
German language -- Verb phrase.
German language -- Verb phrase.
Dutch language -- Verb phrase.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb phrase.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Seuren, Pieter A. M.
Kempen, Gerard, 1943-
Other Form: Print version: Verb constructions in German and Dutch. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins, ©2003 (DLC) 2003050288
ISBN 9789027296498 (electronic book)
9027296499 (electronic book)
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