The Role of Inflection in Scandinavian Syntax.

The Role of Inflection in Scandinavian Syntax.

In this book, Holmberg and Platzack present a theory of the role which subject-verb agreement and case morphology play in syntax. Their theory is based mainly on a detailed comparison of syntactical inflectional properties in the various Scandinavian languages, although many other languages are disc...

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Main Author: Holmberg, Anders
Other Authors: Platzack, Christer
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cary : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Series:Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
Subjects:
Scandinavian languages > Syntax.
Scandinavian languages > Inflection.
Scandinavian languages > Syntax
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter One: Comparative Scandinavian Syntax; 1.1. Introduction; 1.1.1. Overview; 1.1.2. Scandinavian Syntax; 1.2. Theoretical Assumptions; 1.2.1. The Theoretical Framework; 1.2.2. The Organization of Grammar; 1.2.3. Phrase Structure; 1.2.4. Functional heads and projections; 1.2.5. Finiteness; 1.2.6. Predication and the Extended Projection Principle; 1.2.7. Government; 1.2.8. The Empty Category Principle; 1.2.9. Head Movement and the Procrastinate Principle; 1.3. Case Theory; 1.3.1. Lexical and structural Case-checking.
  • 1.3.2. Structural accusative Case and the analysis of the predicate1.3.3. Lexical Case and the analysis of the predicate; 1.3.4. On the nature of m-case; Chapter Two: A General Theory of Sentence Structure, Finiteness, and Nominative Case; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The position of [+F] and the licensing of nominative Case; 2.3. Languages with [+F] in Infl; 2.3.1. Introduction; 2.3.2. Romance languages; 2.3.3. The Kru-languages; 2.3.4. Celtic languages; 2.3.5. Hungarian; 2.3.6. English; 2.4. The loss of Verb second in French and English; 2.4.1. Introduction; 2.4.2. Subject Clitics.
  • 2.4.3. Consequences of the change of position for [+F]2.4.4. The lexicalization of [+F]; 2.4.5. The licensing of small pro; 2.4.6. Summary; 2.5. Conclusions; Chapter Three: Verb Second Languages, Root-Embedded Asymmetries, Root Phenomena in Embedded Clauses, and Long Distance Reflexives; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. A unified account of Verb second; 3.3. The word order of subordinate clauses; 3.4. Root phenomena in embedded clauses; 3.4.1. Introduction; 3.4.2. The C-recursion analysis; 3.4.3. EMC and the role of Agr; 3.4.4. The interpretation of embedded main clauses; 3.4.5. Conclusion.
  • 3.5. Long distance reflexives3.5.1. Introduction; 3.5.2. The finiteness chain; 3.5.3. Predicted properties of LDC; 3.6. Conclusions; Chapter Four: Null Subjects, Small pro and the Role of Agr; 4.1. Introduction; 4.1.1. The ISc. vs. MSc. difference; 4.2. Expletive subjects in the Scandinavian languages; 4.3. The theory of small pro; 4.3.1. Introduction; 4.3.2. Licensing condition of small pro; 4.3.3. The identification of pro; 4.3.4. Summary and conclusion; 4.4 Non-nominative elements in Spec-IP: Oblique subjects; 4.5. Stylistic Fronting; 4.6. Diachronic support.
  • Chapter Five: The Role of Agr and the Licensing of Nominative DPs within VP5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The licensing of nominative Case; 5.3. Nominative DP in the complement of V; 5.4. Nominative in Spec-VP; 5.4.1. Introduction; 5.4.2. The proper head government requirement on overt DPs; 5.4.3. Further consequences of the different status of Spec-VP in MSc. and ISc; 5.5. Indirect Licensing via a chain of heads; 5.6. Concluding remarks; Chapter Six: Object Shift; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Object shift is movement of pronoun or DP.

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