Parameters of predicate fronting : cross-linguistic explorations of V(P)-initial clauses

Parameters of predicate fronting : cross-linguistic explorations of V(P)-initial clauses / edited by Vera Lee-Schoenfeld and Dennis Ott.

"Many of the world's languages permit or require clause-initial positioning of the primary predicate, potentially alongside some or all of its dependents. While such predicate fronting (where "fronting" may or may not involve movement) is a cross-linguistically widespread phenome...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lee-Schoenfeld, Vera (Editor), Ott, Dennis, 1983- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Series:Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb phrase.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Clauses.
Language and languages > Variation.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb phrase
Grammar, Comparative and general > Clauses
Language and languages > Variation
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Table of Contents:
  • Parameters of predicate fronting: introduction to the volume/ Vera Lee-Schoenfeld, Dennis Ott
  • Verb phrase I-topics in German / Anya Hogoboom, Vera Lee-Schoenfeld
  • VP-fronting within a movement typology / Lisa deMena Travis, Diane Massam
  • The use of prosody as a diagnostic for syntactic structure: the case of verb-initial order / Lauren Clemens
  • V(P)-fronting in Asante Twi and Limbum / Johannes Hein
  • Predicate fronting with verb doubling in Krachi: a parallel chains analysis / Jason Kandybowicz, Harold Torrence
  • Predicate doubling by phonological copying / Gereon Müller
  • Clause-initial Vs in sign languages: scene-setters / Donna Jo Napoli, Rachel Sutton-Spence.

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