Description |
1 online resource : illustrations. |
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text file |
Series |
Linguistics & philosophy ; volume 6
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Linguistics & philosophy ; v. 6.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
"This study presents new insights into null subjects, topic drop and the interpretation of topic-dropped elements. Besides providing an empirical data survey, it offers explanations to well-known problems, e.g. syncretisms in the context of null-subject licensing or the marginality of dropping an element which carries oblique case. The book constitutes a valuable source for both empirically and theoretically interested (generative) linguists."-- Provided by publisher. |
Contents |
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1. Overview -- 2. Topic Drop in German: (The Lack of) Identity between Antecedent and Gap -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Verbatim and Non-verbatim Topic Drop: Two Kinds of Topic Drop in German -- 2.3 An Empirical Basis for the VTD/NVTD Distinction -- 2.4 Structural Well-Formedness Conditions on VTD and NVTD -- 2.5 Topic Drop and the Event Structure of Structural and Oblique Case Assigning Verbs -- 2.6 Topic Drop and the Representation of +/-Complex Events -- 2.7 Appendix: Topic Drop of Expletive Elements -- 3. Topic Drop in German: The Interpretation of the Gap -- 4. Null Subjects at the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface -- References -- Index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
Text in English and German. |
Subject |
German language -- Null subject.
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German language. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Null subject. |
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German language -- Complement.
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German language -- Complement. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Trutkowski, Ewa. Topic Drop and Null Subjects in German. De Gruyter, 2016 9783110444131 3110444135 (DLC) 2016016620 (OCoLC)931648461 |
ISBN |
3110446170 (e-book) |
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9783110446173 (e-book) |
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9783110437249 |
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3110437244 |
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9783110446180 (electronic book) |
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3110446189 (electronic book) |
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3110444135 |
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9783110444131 |
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