The function of function words and functional categories /

This volume brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the syntax of function words and functional categories in the Germanic languages. The works offered in this volume derive specifically from comparative studies of Germanic; at the same time they all bear directly on long-st...

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Other Authors: Dikken, Marcel den, 1965-, Tortora, Christina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2005.
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 78.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • The Function of FunctionWords and Functional Categories; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; The function of function words and functional categories; Verb second as a function of Merge*; Nonnative acquisition of verb second; Clause union and clausal position; Explaining Expl; Reflexives in contexts of reduced valency: German vs. Dutch; Simple tense; Possessor licensing, definiteness and case in Scandinavian; Pronouns are determiners after all; Index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.