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Features, Categories and the Syntax of A-Positions

Cross-Linguistic Variation in the Germanic Languages
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Investigating various aspects of the distribution of nominal arguments, this text looks in particular at the cross-linguistic variation that can be found among the Germanic languages in this domain of the syntax. The empirical topics that are discussed include variable versus fixed argument order, the distribution of subjects with respect to adjuncts, expletive constructions and oblique subjecthood. These and many other phenomena are analyzed within a theoretical framework which is based on the minimalist programme. The book argues that the traditional theoretical devices accounting for the distribution of arguments in generative syntax (abstract case, the extended projection principle) should be eliminated from the grammar and that their apparent effects can be derived from the feature specifications of syntactic categories. Furthermore, it is shown that several aspects of the cross-linguistic variation found in the syntax of arguments can be related to variation in the domain of inflectional morphology.
Release date Australia
August 31st, 2002
Author
Audience
  • Undergraduate
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Illustrations
X, 381 p.
Pages
381
Dimensions
155x235x20
ISBN-13
9781402008559
Product ID
2438721

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