Verb movement and expletive subjects in the Germanic languages /

Verb movement and expletive subjects in the Germanic languages /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Vikner, Sten.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 294 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford studies in comparative syntax Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
Subject:	Germanic languages -- Verb phrase. Germanic languages -- Syntax. Germanic languages -- Subjectless constructions. Generative grammar. Government-binding theory (Linguistics) Generative grammar. Germanic languages -- Syntax. Government-binding theory (Linguistics) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11159644

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ISBN:	1601299400 9781601299406 9780195359251 0195359259 9786610443604 6610443602 0195083946 0195083938 9780195083941 9780195083934
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book is the study of two different kinds of variation across the Germanic languages. One involves the position of the finite verb, and the other the possible positions of the "logical" subject in constructions with expletive (or "dummy") subjects. The book applies the theory of Principles-and-Parameters to the study of comparative syntax. Several languages are considered, including less frequently discussed ones like Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and Yiddish.
Other form:	Print version: Vikner, Sten. Verb movement and expletive subjects in the Germanic languages. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995

Table of Contents:

I. PRELIMINARIES; II. VERB MOVEMENT; III. EXPLETIVE SUBJECTS; References; Language Index; Name Index; Subject Index.